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Timmermans, Julie A.; Sutherland, Kathryn A. – International Journal for Academic Development, 2020
Informed by Constructive Developmental Theory and the Threshold Concepts Framework, we interviewed retired academic developers from four continents and asked them to describe their processes of learning from perceived failures and how they see the role of academic developers in supporting academics through failures. Findings regarding…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Failure, Role, School Personnel
Timmermans, Julie A.; Meyer, Jan H. F. – International Journal for Academic Development, 2019
In this paper, we propose a framework to help educational developers navigate the now vast literature on threshold concepts, so that they may effectively support university teachers in their work to embed threshold concept knowledge into courses and programs. This research- and practice-informed framework consists of seven principles and seven…
Descriptors: Educational Development, College Faculty, Fundamental Concepts, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Timmermans, Julie A.; Bruni, Carmen; Gorbet, Rob; Moffatt, Barbara; Stubley, Gordon; Williams, Diane; Holmes, Trevor – International Journal for Academic Development, 2018
In a multidisciplinary Faculty Learning Community focussed on exploring threshold concepts and bottlenecks in learning, care emerged as an unanticipated dimension to our work, transforming the ways we view teaching, learning, our disciplines, and educational development. In this piece, we reflect on the types of care that emerged and consider…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Development, Communities of Practice
Timmermans, Julie A. – International Journal for Academic Development, 2014
The purpose of this multiple case study was to identify threshold concepts in the careers of educational developers. Twenty-one common threshold concepts emerged, with one threshold concept common among all participants: Facilitating a change process. The remaining 20 threshold concepts were captured in the following three categories: (1) Ways of…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Change, Case Studies, Qualitative Research