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Teaching the history threshold learning outcomes to first-year students
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Clark, J and Jones, A and Thomas, T and Allen, P and Cole, B and Lawrence, J and Burns, LS and Wallace, J, Teaching the history threshold learning outcomes to first-year students, Teaching the discipline of history in an age of standards, Springer Singapore, J Clark and A Nye (ed), Singapore, pp. 59-87. ISBN 978-981-13-0047-9 (2018) [Research Book Chapter]
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Copyright 2018 Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
DOI: doi:10.1007/978-981-13-0047-9_4
Abstract
© 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.
Item Details
Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
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Keywords: | history, first- year curriculum, discipline threshold concepts, decoding the disciplines |
Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Curriculum and pedagogy |
Research Field: | Humanities and social sciences curriculum and pedagogy (excl. economics, business and management) |
Objective Division: | Education and Training |
Objective Group: | Teaching and curriculum |
Objective Field: | Pedagogy |
UTAS Author: | Allen, P (Associate Professor Pamela Allen) |
ID Code: | 126962 |
Year Published: | 2018 |
Deposited By: | Office of the School of Humanities |
Deposited On: | 2018-07-04 |
Last Modified: | 2018-12-04 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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