[Observing] FW: Threshold Concepts Conference (fwd)

[Cathy Manduca]

HI all-
This may be of interest.  I'm very slow in getting it out to you--note that 
the abstract deadline is Sept 30.

Cathy

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Date: Tuesday, September 4, 2007 8:41 AM -0400
From: Helen King <Helen at helenkingconsultancy.co.uk>
To: JPawleys at aol.com, cmanduca at carleton.edu, ian.clark at unisa.edu.au, 
patrick.james at unisa.edu.au
Subject: FW: Threshold Concepts Conference



Dear colleagues,



The second international conference on Threshold Concepts is to be held at
Queen's University, Kingston, Canada on June 18-20 2008. Myself, Julie
Libarkin (Michigan State University) and Alison Stokes (University of
Plymouth) have written an article on threshold concepts in Geoscience for
JGE (due out in November) and some background info is available on our blog
at http://geo-thresholdconcepts.blogspot.com/



We will be convening a session on Threshold Concepts in the Geosciences at
the conference and would very much welcome papers from our discipline
community. The abstract deadline is 30th September 2007 and further details
can be found on the flier below and conference website
http://thresholdconcepts.appsci.queensu.ca/index.php



Please pass this on to any colleagues who may be interested.

Best wishes,

Helen



PS Julie, Alison and I will be at GSA in October, we have a poster
presentation on Threshold Concepts and are also hoping to hold a small
discussion meeting on the theme.



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Dr Helen King NTF FSEDA



Helen King Consultancy

Personal & Professional Development in Higher Education

http://www.helenkingconsultancy.com

Tel: (001) 703 505 3358

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-- FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS --



Threshold Concepts Symposium

~ from theory to practice ~

http://thresholdconcepts.appsci.queensu.ca/index.php

June 18 -- 20, 2008

Queen's University

Kingston, Ontario Canada





You are invited to attend the 2nd biannual symposium on Threshold Concepts
taking place at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada in June of
2008.  A key focus will be developing threshold concept theory as well as
moving theory into practice.



The first symposium held in Glasgow in August of 2006, demonstrated the
excitement and energy of this emerging new area of research.  Apart from
being a fascinating and important area of research it is evident that the
idea of threshold concepts appeals to many practitioners and teachers,
proving to be an important area of progress for curriculum development and
discipline-based educational development.



This is a first call for papers with abstracts due September 30, 2007.



Complete information is available at
http://thresholdconcepts.appsci.queensu.ca/index.php



Register today!!!



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Dr. Cathryn A. Manduca
Director, Science Education Resource Center
Executive Director, National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Carleton College
Northfield, MN  55057
507 646-7096
cmanduca at carleton.edu
serc.carleton.edu