Engaging first year lecturers with threshold learning outcomes and concepts in their disciplines
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Paper/Presentation Title | Engaging first year lecturers with threshold learning |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Thomas, Theda (Author), Wallace, Joy (Author), Allen, Pamela (Author), Clark, Jennifer (Author), Cole, Bronwyn (Author), Jones, Adrian (Author), Lawrence, Jill (Author) and Sheridan-Burns, Lynette (Author) |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 17th International First Year in Higher Education Conference (FYHE 2014) |
Number of Pages | 11 |
Year | 2014 |
Place of Publication | Brisbane, Australia |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | https://unistars.org/past_papers/papers14/fyhe14_proceedings.pdf |
Conference/Event | 17th International First Year in Higher Education Conference (FYHE 2014) |
Event Details | 17th International First Year in Higher Education Conference (FYHE 2014) Parent International First Year in Higher Education Conference Delivery In person Event Date 06 to end of 09 Jul 2014 Event Location Darwin, Australia |
Abstract | In this paper, we report on an investigation of what students need to learn in the first year in various discipline-based subjects to launch then on their way to meet specified discipline threshold learning outcomes (TLOs) by the time they graduate. We frame our investigation using both the threshold concepts that the students must master in first year in order to succeed in learning in the discipline and also the threshold learning outcomes that they need to achieve by third year. We describe and analyse workshops used to engage lecturers with the challenges of designing first year curriculum in their r discipline, suggest why threshold concepts are useful in focusing both lecturers and students on what is essential, and outline briefly some of the creative solutions the lecturers offered. |
Keywords | threshold learning outcomes, higher education, first year in higher education |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390102. Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Australian Catholic University |
Charles Sturt University | |
University of Tasmania | |
University of New England | |
University of Western Sydney | |
La Trobe University | |
School of Arts and Communication | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Funding source | Grant ID Office of Learning and Teaching |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q39xv/engaging-first-year-lecturers-with-threshold-learning-outcomes-and-concepts-in-their-disciplines
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