Transforming Perspectives: technology to support the teaching and learning of threshold concepts
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Cambridge
Department Name: Faculty of Education
Abstract
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Organisations
Publications
CARMICHAEL P
(2013)
Tribes, Territories and Threshold Concepts: Educational materialisms at work in higher education
in Educational Philosophy and Theory
Irvine N
(2009)
Threshold concepts A point of focus for practitioner research
in Active Learning in Higher Education
Irvine Naomi (author)
(2007)
Initiating and supporting practitioner research in higher education
Patrick Carmichael (author)
(2010)
Threshold concepts, disciplinary differences and cross-disciplinary discourse
in Learning and teaching in Higher Education : Gulf perspectives
| Description | The activities of the project led to: - theory development around the role, nature and importance of threshold concepts - the elaboration of the requirements of technology-enhanced learning tools and environments to support teaching and learning of threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge, which will necessarily involve not only support for individual learning as conceptual change, but also space and support for critical engagement, reflection and enquiry - development of a better models of how to initiate and support practitioner enquiry and reflection in higher education - capacity building within and beyond the host institution and the development sharing of tools and expertise in technology-enhanced research |
| Exploitation Route | The findings have informed development of thinking about troublesome knowledge in different disciplines and the role of technologies in teaching and learning about complex and challenging concepts. The work of the project has been extended and cited by other researchers. |
| Sectors | Education |
| Description | The work of the project informed the development of a further large ESRC/EPSRC project (Ensemble: Semantic Technologies for the Enhancement of Case Based Learning). The model of interdisciplinary seminars to promote and support professional development in HE has been adopted more widely and the article by Carmichael and Irvine describing these has been cited by other researchers in the field. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2008 |
| Sector | Education |