So in today's blog we will be focusing on what a Threshold theory is.
So a threshold theory is a rite of passage that opens up a new level of understanding.
Students tend to always experience this when doing research. They will always find themselves in a liminal state. A liminal state can be a crucial transition when learning new information.
A“liminal” space which is challenging, unsettling, disturbing—where the student
may become “stuck”
A Threshold theory is confined in disciplines.
The Transformative Concept is based on how learner's perceptions shifts leading to new understanding that then becomes a part of the learner, how they see and how they feel.
Integrative means that it enables students to integrate aspects of the subject they believe to be unrelated or exposes the previously hidden interrelatedness of something.
The Irreversible concept means that once you learn something new you cannot unlearn it. It will forever be with us. For example; Once you managed to bake a cake, you cannot unlearn how to bake the cake.
Bounded in
that any conceptual space will have terminal frontiers, bordering with
thresholds into new conceptual areas.
Troublesome is usually difficult or counterintuitive ideas that can cause students to hit a roadblock in their learning.
Troublesome is usually difficult or counterintuitive ideas that can cause students to hit a roadblock in their learning.
Here is a video to help you understand what the Threshold Concept is.
Hope this was helpful.
Until next time
Waseefa posted.
The video was very helpful.
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