Dr Richard Stopford's Outputs (2)

Threshold concepts and certainty: a critical analysis of ‘troublesomeness’ (2020)
Journal Article
Stopford, R. (2021). Threshold concepts and certainty: a critical analysis of ‘troublesomeness’. Higher Education, 82(1), 163-179. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-020-00628-w

The threshold concept framework is a key contemporary theory in pedagogy. The core idea is that ‘threshold concepts’ are distinctively ‘troublesome’ for students and act as gatekeepers to their disciplines. No doubt the theory is compelling because t... Read More about Threshold concepts and certainty: a critical analysis of ‘troublesomeness’.

Teaching feminism: Problems of critical claims and student certainty (2020)
Journal Article
Stopford, R. (2020). Teaching feminism: Problems of critical claims and student certainty. Philosophy and Social Criticism, 46(10), 1203-1224. https://doi.org/10.1177/0191453720903473

Learning about feminism can be a revelation for many students. However, for others, it can be a confounding, troubling experience. These difficulties return as problems for the teacher: how to help sceptical, resistant students understand the theory.... Read More about Teaching feminism: Problems of critical claims and student certainty.