TC2020: 8TH BIENNIAL THRESHOLD CONCEPTS CONFERENCE, 2021
PROGRAM

Days: Wednesday, July 7th Thursday, July 8th Friday, July 9th

Wednesday, July 7th

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09:45-11:15 Session 2: Keynote (Julie Rattray)
Chair:
Jason Davies (UCL, UK)
09:45
Julie Rattray (University of Durham, UK)
On the Threshold of Power and Privilege (abstract)
11:30-13:00 Session 3: UK and Europe 1-1
Chair:
Anne Tierney (Heriot Watt University, UK)
11:30
Jessica Goebel (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
Suriamurthee Maistry (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
Liminality from the inside: Dimensions of students’ transformations in a threshold concepts-infused economics programme in South Africa (abstract)
12:00
Philip Davidson (Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK)
Ceri Butler (Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK)
Sarah Rafferty (East Surrey Hospital, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, UK)
Medical Student Simulation Teaching and Novel Threshold Concepts (abstract)
12:30
Leif Martin Hokstad (Faculty of Social and Educational Sceinces, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
Bjørn Otto Braaten (Faculty of Architecture and Design, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
The Many Faces of Liminality - Thinking with Liminality (abstract)
13:45-15:15 Session 4: UK and Europe 1-2
Chair:
Abel Nyamapfene (University College London, UK)
13:45
Francisca Perez Salgado (Open University of the Netherlands, Netherlands)
Bert Zwaneveld (Open University of the Netherlands, Netherlands)
Gé Nielissen (Open University of the Netherlands, Netherlands)
Threshold concepts in a physics course for students of environmental sciences (abstract)
14:15
Jan-Martin Geiger (TU Dortmund, Germany)
Andreas Liening (TU Dortmund, Germany)
Effectuation as Threshold Concept in Entrepreneurship? (abstract)
14:45
Matthew Dunn (Bishop Grosseteste University, UK)
Jenny Wynn (Bishop Grosseteste University, UK)
Threshold Connections: employing the Threshold Concept Framework to impact on classroom practice in secondary schools through collaborative research. (abstract)
15:30-17:00 Session 5: UK and Europe 1-3
Chair:
Julie Rattray (University of Durham, UK)
15:30
Bjørn Otto Braaten (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
Leif Martin Hokstad (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
Spatial response to liminality in first semester architect student’s design work. (abstract)
16:00
Lucy Hatt (Newcastle University, UK)
Julie Rattray (Durham University, UK)
Bringing the student voice into threshold concept research - concept mapping in curriculum development (abstract)
16:30
Virna Rossi (Ravensbourne University, UK)
The case for using Threshold Concepts for Learning Design in Creative Education (abstract)
17:30-19:00 Session 6: USA and Canada 1-1
17:30
Diane Boyd (Furman University, United States)
Embracing Liminality: Tools for Negotiating Identity Shift in New-to-SoTL Colleagues (abstract)
18:00
David Reeping (Virginia Tech, United States)
Mixed Methods Strategies for Handling Methodological Issues within Threshold Concept Features (abstract)
18:30
Rachel Yoho (University of Florida, United States)
Mapping core and threshold concepts across the interdisciplinary fields of One Health (abstract)
19:30-21:00 Session 7: Keynote (Andrea Webb)
Chair:
Susannah McGowan (Georgetown University, United States)
19:30
Andrea Webb (The University of British Columbia, Canada)
Threshold Concepts to drive curriculum change (abstract)
21:15-23:15 Session 8: USA and Canada 1-2
21:15
Craig Gibson (Ohio State University, United States)
Sara Miller (Michigan State University, United States)
Creating Networks of Practice through an Online Short Course (abstract)
21:45
Virginia M. Tucker ((San Francisco) School of Information, San José State University, United States)
Michelle Holschuh Simmons ((Chicago) Department of Educational Studies, Monmouth College, United States)
Vital but not thresholds: Differentiating professional domain essentials and threshold knowledge (abstract)
22:15
Yvonne Nalani Meulemans (California State University at San Marcos, United States)
Matthew Atherton (California State University at San Marcos, United States)
Teaching students the threshold concept theory: A potential tool to develop students’ capacity to cope with liminality (abstract)
22:45
Natasha Hubbard Murdoch (Saskatchewan Polytechnic, Canada)
Describing the healthcare student threshold concept of interprofessionality: A phenomenography (abstract)
Thursday, July 8th

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03:00-04:00 Session 9: Australia, New Zealand and China 1-1
03:00
Trish Powers (Torrens University Australia, Australia)
Threshold Concepts in the online learning space: A Study of Adult Learners' Transition, Attrition and Perseverance (abstract)
03:30
Maria Northcote (Avondale University College, Australia)
Acknowledging the affirmative: Evidence of supervision learning thresholds in thesis acknowledgements (abstract)
04:45-05:45 Session 10: Australia, New Zealand and China 1-2
04:45
Dai-Ling Chen (Huaiyin Institute of Technology, China)
The hidden threshold: the teacher’s bounded autonomy and tacit learning (abstract)
05:15
Michelle Lazarus (Monash University, Australia)
Charlotte Rees (Monash University, Australia)
Georgina Stephens (Monash University, Australia)
Incorporating shades of grey into higher education: Can we affect students’ tolerance of uncertainty/ambiguity through curricular practices? (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session 11: UK and Europe 2-1
Chair:
Anne Tierney (Heriot Watt University, UK)
09:00
Lillian Byrne-Lancaster (IT Carlow, Ireland)
Identity transformation: narratives of becoming a social care worker (abstract)
09:30
Hilary Neve (University of Plymouth Peninsula Medical School, UK)
Sarah Barradell (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)
Deanne Clouder (Coventry University, UK)
Andy Wearn (The University of Auckland, New Zealand)
(Roundtable) Understanding the complexity of professional touch: combining qualitative research synthesis with threshold concepts (abstract)
10:45-12:15 Session 12: UK and Europe 2-2
Chair:
Julie Rattray (University of Durham, UK)
10:45
Larissa Kempenaar (Glasgow Caledonian University/Department of Physiotherapy and Paramedicine, UK)
Sivaramkumar Shanmugam (Glasgow Caledonian University/Department of Physiotherapy and Paramedicine, UK)
Design and delivery of a new pre-qualifying doctoral programme: The experience of liminality when threshold concepts are not, yet, defined. (abstract)
11:15
Marina Orsini-Jones (Coventry University, UK)
Out of the comfort zone: the trouble with Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) (abstract)
11:45
Julie Rattray (Durham University, UK)
Isaac Calduch (University of Barcelona, Spain)
Threshold concepts and unexpected transformations (abstract)
13:00-14:30 Session 13: UK and Europe 2-3
Chair:
Elia Gironacci (University of Warwick, UK)
13:00
Chenyan Shou (Durham University, UK)
Julie Rattray (Durham University, UK)
Research Title: How do undergraduate law students experience the learning threshold of law case reading? (abstract)
13:30
Emanuel Mizzi (University of Malta, Malta)
Threshold concepts in the Maltese secondary school economics classroom (abstract)
14:00
Bert Zwaneveld (Open Universiteit of the Netherlands, Netherlands)
Hans Sterk (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)
Jacob Perrenet (Eindhoven University of Tevhnology, Netherlands)
Mathematical proving as a threshold in undergraduate mathematics education (abstract)
15:15-17:25 Session 14: UK and Europe 2-4
Chair:
Michael Allardice (University of Dundee, UK)
15:15
David Riley (Imperial College London, UK)
Why are we here? (abstract)
15:25
Hebatallah Shoukry (Heriot Watt University, UK)
Threshold Concepts in Graduate Apprenticeships (abstract)
15:55
Linda Martindale (University of Dundee, UK)
Stella Howden (University of Dundee, UK)
Roundtable: Upsetting the balance: liminality and academic identity during the Covid pandemic (abstract)
16:55
Craig Allardice (De Montfort University (student), UK)
Michael Allardice (University of Dundee, UK)
Crossing the Threshold into Law as a Mature Student (abstract)
17:30-19:00 Session 15: USA and Canada 2-1
Chair:
Susannah McGowan (Georgetown University, United States)
17:30
Barbara Rose (Miami University, United States)
Sheri Leafgren (Miami University, United States)
Scott Sander (Miami University, United States)
Brian Schultz (Miami University, United States)
Getting to the Hard Stuff: Talking and Walking Threshold Concepts to Advance Social Justice Learning in Teacher Education and Beyond (abstract)
18:00
Alison Murray (Queen's University, Canada)
Kyna Biggs (Queen's University, Canada)
Application of Threshold Concepts to the Science Taught in Art Conservation (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alison Murray
18:30
Sharday Mosurinjohn (Queen's University, Canada)
Threshold Concepts in Religious Studies: A Qualitative and Theoretical Exploration of Threshold Concepts in a “Nodal” Curriculum (abstract)
19:15-20:45 Session 16: USA and Canada 2-2
Chair:
Jason Davies (UCL, UK)
19:15
Rachel Yoho (University of Florida, United States)
Developing interdisciplinary teaching resources for lexically ambiguous threshold concepts (abstract)
19:45
Anne Marie Ryan (Dalhousie University, Canada)
Kerrianne Ryan (Dalhousie Uuiversity, Canada)
Transfer-mational Journey: Exploring Routes through Tough Places Across the Sciences (abstract)
20:15
Morgan Hanson (University of Southern Indiana, United States)
Negotiating Pedagogical Perspectives: Adapting Threshold Concepts for a Shared Language of Writing Instruction (abstract)
21:30-22:40 Session 17: USA and Canada 2-3
Chair:
Matt Ravenstahl (FCPS, United States)
21:30
Brenda Refaei (University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College, United States)
Ruth Benander (University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College, United States)
Threshold Concepts Associated with ePortfolios (abstract)
21:40
Matthew Ravenstahl (Durham University, United States)
Considering Art Education Through the Lens of Threshold Concepts and the Affective Dimension (abstract)
22:10
Andrea Webb (The University of British Columbia, Canada)
Becoming and Being: Threshold Concepts in Teacher Education (abstract)
Friday, July 9th

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03:00-04:30 Session 18: Keynote (Julie Timmermans)
Chair:
Andrea Webb (University of British Columbia, Canada)
03:00
Julie Timmermans (University of Otago, New Zealand)
Keynote Session: Failure as a Native Informant (abstract)
04:45-05:45 Session 19: Australia, New Zealand and China 2-1
04:45
Rachel Thompson (The University of New South Wales, Australia)
Crossing the threshold to expertise: Critical thinking for clinical practice (abstract)
05:15
Susan Page (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)
Rites of Passage in Indigenous Studies (abstract)
09:00-10:30 Session 20: UK and Europe 3-1
Chair:
Elia Gironacci (University of Warwick, UK)
09:00
Amani Albuwardi (University of Leeds, UK)
Threshold Concepts in Translation Education: Investigating troublesome areas for undergraduate translation students in project-based learning (abstract)
09:30
Anne Tierney (Heriot-Watt University, UK)
Faculty Learning Communities: Threshold Concepts on holding it together (abstract)
10:00
Gina Wisker (University of Bath, UK)
Maggi Savin Baden (University of Worcester, UK)
Getting published in the publishing shark pool: a conceptual threshold crossing (abstract)
PRESENTER: Gina Wisker
10:45-12:15 Session 21: UK and Europe 3-2
Chair:
Abel Nyamapfene (University College London, UK)
10:45
Declan Scully (University of Roehampton, UK)
Permanent Liminality Among Early Career Academics (abstract)
11:15
Peter Jones (Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust, Bolton University & Hodges' model, UK)
Knock, knock or Bang, bang? The moment when threshold concepts turn around a door (abstract)
11:45
Marwan Alyafaee (University of Technology and Applied Sciences (UTAS-Salalah), Oman)
The true nature of threshold concepts in teacher education as perceived of by Y1 and Y4 ELT student teachers in Oman (abstract)
13:00-15:00 Session 22: UK and Europe 3-3
Chair:
Julie Rattray (University of Durham, UK)
13:00
Iain Stalker (The University of Manchester, UK)
Rinkal Desai (WMG, University of Warwick, UK)
Threshold Concepts: Universal or Contextual? A Round Table Discussion (abstract)
14:00
Christine Bohlander (Durham University, UK)
Don’t carry me over the threshold (abstract)
14:30
Geraldine McDermott (Athlone Institute of Technology, Ireland)
Exploring the use of multimodal screencasts for knowledge development in Higher Education (abstract)
15:15-17:15 Session 23: UK and Europe 3-4
Chair:
Elia Gironacci (University of Warwick, UK)
15:15
Susie Wilson (University of Cumbria, UK)
Threshold graphics in occupational therapy: student learning in-between threshold concepts and inquiry graphics (abstract)
15:45
Catherine Ross (Oxford Brookes University, UK)
Can an Arts-Based Liminal Learning Experience Change Learner Cognition? (abstract)
16:15
Natasa Lackovic (Lancaster University, UK)
Introducing threshold graphics: teaching and learning threshold concepts via inquiry graphics (abstract)
16:45
Denise MacGiollari (Athlone institute of technology, Ireland)
Threshold Graphics. A critical visual approach to threshold concepts in social care (abstract)
17:15-17:30 Closing Remarks
Chair:
Anne Tierney (Heriot Watt University, UK)