Geoscience theme

Discussion questions:
"Should we as 'experts' in our field identify what the threshold concepts might be in Geoscience or should we allow them to emerge from research?"

"What research methodologies might we use (and who might be the participants) in order to identify threshold concepts in Geoscience?"

"What is our hypothesis and what might the research question(s) be?"

Theme 5: Education development and threshold concepts

Discussion question:
How do you use threshold concepts to motivate lecturers/faculty to think about teaching?

Theme 4: Theory into practice—developing teaching strategies for threshold concepts

Discussion question:
Can threshold concepts be used as a curriculum development tool?

Theme 3: Learning outcomes: threshold ‘concepts’ (knowledge), threshold attitudes and threshold skills or capabilities

Discussion questions:
Can threshold concepts be framed as learning outcomes? Should they be?

Theme 2: Variation in states of liminality

Discussion questions:
How have you noticed variation in pre liminal, liminal or post liminal states for students passing through a threshold (or not) ?

How would you describe the liminal space?

Theme 1: Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge in different disciplines

Discussion question:
Are there differences in the way threshold concepts are conceived of and manifest themselves within different disciplines?

Getting ready for the conference

We will post here the main themes of the conference as discussion topics .. we will start with some questions and hope that as many as possible of you will engage in a lively pre conference dialogue.. please feel free to post your comments directly into each discussion question ..