Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge (2): Epistemological considerations and a conceptual framework for teaching and learning

Higher Education

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 373-388

  Meyer, Jan H F ^a   Land, Ray ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Identity; Liminality; Mimicry; Pre liminal variation; Threshold concepts; Troublesome knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444381940     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-004-6779-5     Document Type: Article

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