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Teaching the history threshold learning outcomes to first-year students

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posted on 2023-05-24, 05:39 authored by Clark, J, A Jones, Thomas, T, Pamela AllenPamela Allen, Cole, B, Lawrence, J, Burns, LS, Wallace, J
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018. All rights reserved. Stakeholder ownership and implementation are crucial when applying the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) to the development of curriculum. Threshold Learning Outcomes (TLOs) are a case in point. While they might seem to be triumphs of managerialism over pedagogy, we argue that they can be used to build lecturers' deep engagement with the teaching of their discipline and thus foster sustainable change. By extending the professional use of TLOs, beyond the stages of agreement, establishment and early dissemination, to the point of implementation, we offer a framework for how to elicit collegial conversations to improve teaching and learning practice in history. First, we combine 'Decoding the Disciplines' methods developed by historians at Indiana University. Second, we add key principles of first-year pedagogy, associated with Sally Kift. Third, we link to Threshold Learning Outcomes. The framework is supplemented by a good practice guide that translates our theoretical model into practical strategies in teaching and assessment.

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Publication title

Teaching the discipline of history in an age of standards

Editors

J Clark and A Nye

Pagination

59-87

ISBN

978-981-13-0047-9

Department/School

School of Humanities

Publisher

Springer Singapore

Place of publication

Singapore

Extent

17

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Copyright 2018 Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.

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