The potential of threshold concepts: an emerging framework for educational research and practice
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by UCL Press in London Review of Education
- Vol. 5 (3)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14748460701661294
Abstract
This paper explores the notion of a 'threshold concept' and discusses its possible implications for higher education research and practice. Using the case of introductory accounting as an illustration, it is argued that the idea of a threshold concept provides an emerging theoretical framework for a 're-view' of educational research and practice. It is argued that this re-view both demands and supports several forms of dialogue about educational research and practice: within the disciplines (between lecturers and between lecturers and students) and between lecturers and educational developers. Finally, it is suggested that, rather than representing a research field in its own right, the threshold concepts framework may act as a catalyst, drawing together a variety of fields of research in a productive educative framework.Keywords
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