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Threshold knowledge
Threshold knowledge is a term in the study of higher education used to describe core concepts—or threshold concepts—which, once understood, transform perception of a given subject, phenomenon, or experience. The term was introduced by Jan Meyer and Ray Land, Meyer and Land also discuss the related idea of troublesome knowledge, ideas that appear alien or counter-intuitive. The theory holds that: These ideas have been explored by several subsequent researchers in a variety of disciplinary contexts including: * International theory * Science education *Economics * Healthcare education * Miscellaneous * Statistics * Information literacy *Writing studies The theory has also been criticised. The notion of threshold concept is related to the notion of bottleneck in the Decoding the Disciplines framework. It can be considered a special case of the latter.
Article summary
Threshold knowledge is a term in the study of higher education used to describe core concepts—or threshold concepts—which, once understood, transform perception of a given subject, phenomenon, or experience. The term was introduced by Jan Meyer and Ray Land, Meyer and Land also discuss the related idea of troublesome knowledge, ideas that appear alien or counter-intuitive. The theory holds that: These ideas have been explored by several subsequent researchers in a variety of disciplinary contexts including: * International theory * Science education *Economics * Healthcare education * Miscellaneous * Statistics * Information literacy *Writing studies The theory has also been criticised. The notion of threshold concept is related to the notion of bottleneck in the Decoding the Disciplines framework. It can be considered a special case of the latter.
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- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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