Signature Pedagogies and Threshold Concepts Mark Stoner

Signature Pedagogies and Threshold Concepts Mark Stoner Session goals: At the end of the session you will be able…

Signature Pedagogies and Threshold Concepts Mark Stoner Session goals: At the end of the session you will be able… To define the concept of signature pedagogy

Signature Pedagogies and Threshold Concepts Mark Stoner Session goals: At the end of the session you will be able… To define the concept of signature pedagogy To articulate signature markers of the pedagogy of your discipline, profession or area of study

Signature Pedagogies and Threshold Concepts Mark Stoner Session goals: At the end of the session you will be able… To define the concept of signature pedagogy To articulate signature markers of the pedagogy of your discipline, profession or area of study To characterize a threshold concept

Signature Pedagogies and Threshold Concepts Mark Stoner Session goals: At the end of the session you will be able… To define the concept of signature pedagogy To articulate signature markers of the pedagogy of your discipline, profession or area of study To characterize a threshold concept To identify threshold concepts of the course you are re/designing

Signature Pedagogies and Threshold Concepts Mark Stoner Session goals: At the end of the session you will be able… To define the concept of signature pedagogy To articulate signature markers of the pedagogy of your discipline, profession or area of study To characterize a threshold concept To identify threshold concepts of the course you are re/designing To organize the threshold concepts

Signature Pedagogies and Threshold Concepts Mark Stoner Session goals: At the end of the session you will be able… To define the concept of signature pedagogy To articulate signature markers of the pedagogy of your discipline, profession or area of study To characterize a threshold concept To identify threshold concepts of the course you are re/designing To organize the threshold concepts To explain your rationale for how you have organized the threshold concepts

ComS 168 EnvS 117 Chem 1 Eng 15 Soc 20 Stats 18 We teach all sort of courses….

“ Signature pedagogy” provides a frame for thinking about your course. ComS 168 EnvS 117 Chem 1 Eng 15 Soc 20 Stats 18

While signature pedagogies may be taken-for- granted, reflective instructors can modify them in positive ways.

Finding out what makes another SP work, may help you make a useful shift in your own teaching, or

While signature pedagogies may be taken-for- granted, reflective instructors can modify them in positive ways. Finding out what makes another SP work, may help you make a useful shift in your own teaching, or The analysis may help you better understand how your SP works, and do it better.

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Signature Pedagogies and Threshold Concepts Mark Stoner Session goals: At the end of the session you will be able… To define the concept of signature pedagogy To articulate signature markers of the pedagogy of your discipline, profession or area of study To characterize a threshold concept To identify threshold concepts of the course you are re/designing To organize the threshold concepts To explain your rationale for how you have organized the threshold concepts