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Basgier, Christopher; Simpson, Amber – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
The theory of threshold concepts has given faculty a powerful way to name foundational, but difficult, disciplinary concepts. However, there is no methodological consensus about the best ways to identify them. In this article, we introduce a phenomenographically-derived narrative framework for identifying stages of threshold concept acquisition.…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Higher Education, Fundamental Concepts, College Faculty
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Smith, Karen – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
"Flying faculty" models of teaching represent an important aspect of the internationalisation agenda. As short-term sojourners, these overseas visits provide academics with disorientating dilemmas that can stimulate transformational learning. This study explored the impact of flying faculty teachers' experiences on their work, lives and…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Motivation, Barriers, Foreign Workers