Outputs (37)

Enhancing quality to address frailty (2017)
Book Chapter
Land, R. (2017). Enhancing quality to address frailty. In I. Kinchin, & N. Winstone (Eds.), Pedagogic Frailty and the University (179-194). Sense Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-983-6_13

In preparing to face a globalised society characterised by uncertainty, complexity, risk and speed, academics and their students, it will be argued here, need to encounter a certain strangeness, dealing with knowledge that is uncomfortable, challengi... Read More about Enhancing quality to address frailty.

Ambivalence, Hybridity and Liminality: The Case of Military Education (2016)
Book Chapter
Syed Mohamed, A., Land., R., & Rattray, J. (2016). Ambivalence, Hybridity and Liminality: The Case of Military Education. In R. Land, J. Meyer, & M. Flanagan (Eds.), Threshold Concepts in Practice. Rotterdam, Taipei & Boston: Sense Publishers

Exploring Sources of Trouble in Research Learning for Undergraduate Nurses (2016)
Book Chapter
Martindale, L., Land., R., Rattray, J., & Anderson, A. (2016). Exploring Sources of Trouble in Research Learning for Undergraduate Nurses. In R. Land, J. Meyer, & M. Flanagan (Eds.), Threshold Concepts in Practice. Rotterdam, Taipei & Boston: Sense Publishers

Learners and organizations: competing patterns of risk, trust, and responsibility. (2016)
Book Chapter
Land, R. (2016). Learners and organizations: competing patterns of risk, trust, and responsibility. In L. Leišytė, & U. Wilkesmann (Eds.), Organizing Academic Work in Higher Education: Teaching, learning, and identities (151-168). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315693729

This chapter attempts to addresses one of the central concerns of this volume, namely how discernible trends in teaching and learning might change organizational structures and behaviours. The principal research question of this chapter is to conside... Read More about Learners and organizations: competing patterns of risk, trust, and responsibility..

Threshold Concepts in Practice. (2016)
Book
Land, R., Meyer, J., & Flanagan, M. (Eds.). (2016). Threshold Concepts in Practice. Sense Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-512-8

hreshold Concepts in Practice brings together fifty researchers from sixteen countries and a wide variety of disciplines to analyse their teaching practice, and the learning experiences of their students, through the lens of the Threshold Concepts Fr... Read More about Threshold Concepts in Practice..

Affective Dimensions in Liminality (2016)
Book Chapter
Rattray, J. (2016). Affective Dimensions in Liminality. In R. Land, J. Meyer, & M. Flanagan (Eds.), Threshold concepts in practice (67-76). Sense Publishers

Toil and Trouble: Threshold Concepts as a Pedagogy of Uncertainty. (2016)
Book Chapter
Land, R. (2016). Toil and Trouble: Threshold Concepts as a Pedagogy of Uncertainty. In R. Land, J. Meyer, & M. Flanagan (Eds.), Threshold Concepts in Practice (11-24). Sense Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-512-8_2

A powerful discursive shift has occurred within higher education globally over the last three decades in which higher education teaching is rendered as the facilitation of ‘the student learning experience’, and as a primarily economic rather than edu... Read More about Toil and Trouble: Threshold Concepts as a Pedagogy of Uncertainty..

Teaching excellence initiatives: modalities and operational factors (2015)
Report
Land, R., & Gordon, G. (2015). Teaching excellence initiatives: modalities and operational factors. [No known commissioning body]

Preface (2015)
Book Chapter
Land, R. (2015). Preface. In L. Adler-Kassner, & E. Wardle (Eds.), Naming What We Know: Threshold Concepts of Writing Studies. Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado & Logan, UT: Utah State University Press

Principles for reviewing the taught postgraduate induction curricula (2015)
Book Chapter
Rattray, J., & Smith, J. (2015). Principles for reviewing the taught postgraduate induction curricula. In P. Kneale (Ed.), Masters Level Teaching, Learning and Assessment: Issues in design and delivery. Palgrave

Facilitating the Academy through Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge. (2015)
Book Chapter
Land, R. (2015). Facilitating the Academy through Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge. In J. Wiewiura, & E. Westergaard (Eds.), On the Facilitation of the Academy (17-29). Sense Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-974-6_2

However we decide to facilitate the Academy, our deliberations will eventually, inevitably, oblige us to consider the Academy’s curriculum, the nature of the knowledge we wish our students to encounter, and the nature of their learning and engagement... Read More about Facilitating the Academy through Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge..

Identifying barriers in promoting the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance at institutional level (IBAR): Final Synthesis Report (2014)
Report
Kohoutek, J., Land, R., & Owen, C. (2014). Identifying barriers in promoting the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance at institutional level (IBAR): Final Synthesis Report. [No known commissioning body]

Liminality Close-Up. Keynote Speaker Pre-Conference Think Piece for the conference (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Land, R. (2014, December). Liminality Close-Up. Keynote Speaker Pre-Conference Think Piece for the conference. Paper presented at HECU7, Higher Education Close Up: Research Making a Difference, Lancaster: Lancaster University, UK

A closer look at liminality: incorrigibles and threshold capital (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Land, R., Vivian, P., & Rattray, J. (2014). A closer look at liminality: incorrigibles and threshold capital. In Threshold concepts : from personal practice to communities of practice. Proceedings of the National Academy’s Sixth Annual Conference and the Fourth Biennial Threshold Concepts Conference, January 2014 (1-12)

Learning in the Liminal Space: A Semiotic Approach to Threshold Concepts (2014)
Journal Article
Land, R., Rattray, J., & Vivian, P. (2014). Learning in the Liminal Space: A Semiotic Approach to Threshold Concepts. Higher Education, 67(2), 199-217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-013-9705-x

The threshold concepts approach to student learning and curriculum design now informs an empirical research base comprising over 170 disciplinary and professional contexts. It draws extensively on the notion of troublesomeness in a ‘liminal’ space of... Read More about Learning in the Liminal Space: A Semiotic Approach to Threshold Concepts.

Meanings of Enhancement (2013)
Book Chapter
Land, R., & Gordon, G. (2013). Meanings of Enhancement. In R. Land, & G. Gordon (Eds.), Enhancing Quality in Higher Education: International Perspectives. Routledge

Policy drivers and barriers to implementation: Context and practice (2013)
Book Chapter
Land, R., & Rattray, J. (2013). Policy drivers and barriers to implementation: Context and practice. In H. Eggins (Ed.), Drivers and Barriers to Achieving Quality in Higher Education. Sense: Rotterdam

'To See Ourselves as Others See Us': The Scottish Approach to Quality Enhancement (2013)
Book Chapter
Land, R., & Gordon, G. (2013). 'To See Ourselves as Others See Us': The Scottish Approach to Quality Enhancement. In R. Land, & G. Gordon (Eds.), Enhancing Quality in Higher Education: International Perspectives. Routledge

Enhancing Quality in Higher Education: International Perspectives. (2013)
Book
Gordon, G., & Land, R. (Eds.). (2013). Enhancing Quality in Higher Education: International Perspectives. Routledge

Enhancing the Future: context and fidelity (2013)
Book Chapter
Land, R., & Gordon, G. (2013). Enhancing the Future: context and fidelity. In R. Land, & G. Gordon (Eds.), Enhancing Quality in Higher Education: International Perspectives. Routledge

A winding stair: implementing and establishing a common framework for QA in European higher education (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Rattray, J., Land, R., Owen, C., Eggings, H., & Gordon, G. (2013). A winding stair: implementing and establishing a common framework for QA in European higher education.

Is Access to University a Matter of Quality? UK and European Experiences of Widening Participation (2013)
Journal Article
Owen, C., Eggins, H., Gordon, G., Land, R., & Rattray, J. (2013). Is Access to University a Matter of Quality? UK and European Experiences of Widening Participation. Journal of the European higher education area, 4, 17-32

Widening participation and the related issue of social mobility are re-emerging as crucial, complex and pressing priorities in terms of the governance and the social and economic effectiveness of higher education in the regions of Europe. Concern abo... Read More about Is Access to University a Matter of Quality? UK and European Experiences of Widening Participation.

Undergraduate Research in Scotland: An Enhancement-led Approach (2013)
Journal Article
Land, R. (2013). Undergraduate Research in Scotland: An Enhancement-led Approach. Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly, 33(4), 35-41

Discipline-based teaching. (2012)
Book Chapter
Land, R. (2012). Discipline-based teaching. In L. Hunt, & D. Chalmers (Eds.), Focus on University Teaching. Acer Press

Crossing tribal boundaries: Interdisciplinarity as a threshold concept. (2012)
Book Chapter
Land, R. (2012). Crossing tribal boundaries: Interdisciplinarity as a threshold concept. In P. Trowler, M. Saunders, & V. Bamber (Eds.), Tribes and territiories in the 21st century: Rethinking the significance of disciplines in higher education. Routledge

The Scalpel and the 'Mask': Threshold concepts and Surgical Education. (2011)
Book Chapter
Land, R., & Meyer, J. (2011). The Scalpel and the 'Mask': Threshold concepts and Surgical Education. In H. Fry, & R. Kneebone (Eds.), Surgical Education. Theorising an emerging domain (91-106). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1682-7_6

Speed and the Unsettling of Knowledge in the digital University. (2011)
Book Chapter
Land, R. (2011). Speed and the Unsettling of Knowledge in the digital University. In R. Land, & S. Bayne (Eds.), Digital Difference: Perspectives on Online Learning (61-70). (2). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-580-2_5

There could be trouble ahead: using threshold concepts as a tool of analysis. (2011)
Journal Article
Land, R. (2011). There could be trouble ahead: using threshold concepts as a tool of analysis. International Journal for Academic Development, 16(2), 175-178. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360144x.2011.568747

Digital Difference: Perspectives on Online Learning. (2011)
Book
Land, R., & Bayne, S. (Eds.). (2011). Digital Difference: Perspectives on Online Learning. Sense Publishers

Threshold Concepts and Transformational Learning. (2010)
Book
Meyer, J., Land, R., & Baillie, C. (Eds.). (2010). Threshold Concepts and Transformational Learning. Sense Publishers

Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge (5): Dynamics of Assessment (2010)
Book Chapter
Land, R., & Meyer, J. (2010). Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge (5): Dynamics of Assessment. In J. Meyer, R. Land, & C. Baillie (Eds.), Threshold Concepts and Transformational Learning (61-80). Sense Publishers

Educational Developers: Identity in paradox? (2010)
Book Chapter
Land, R. (2010). Educational Developers: Identity in paradox?. In S. Boon, B. Matthew, & L. Sheward (Eds.), Creating a Profession - Building Careers in Educational Development. SEDA

Editors’ preface: Threshold concepts and transformational learning (2010)
Book Chapter
Land, R., Meyer, J. H., & Baillie, C. (2010). Editors’ preface: Threshold concepts and transformational learning. In R. Land, J. H. Meyer, & C. Baillie (Eds.), Threshold concepts and transformational learning (ix-xlii). Sense ; Brill

The appropriation and repurposing of social technologies in higher education. (2009)
Journal Article
Hemmi, A., Bayne, S., & Land, R. (2009). The appropriation and repurposing of social technologies in higher education. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 25(1), 19-30. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2729.2008.00306.x

Academic Development: Identity and Paradox. (2008)
Book Chapter
Land, R. (2008). Academic Development: Identity and Paradox. In R. Barnett, & R. DiNapoli (Eds.), Changing Identities in Higher Education: Voicing Perspectives. Routledge

Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge (4): Issues of variation and variability (2008)
Book Chapter
Meyer, J., Land, R., & Davies, P. (2008). Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge (4): Issues of variation and variability. In R. Land, J. Meyer, & J. Smith (Eds.), Threshold concepts within the disciplines (59-74). Sense Publishers

Threshold Concepts within the Disciplines (2008)
Book
Land, R., Meyer, J., & Smith, J. (Eds.). (2008). Threshold Concepts within the Disciplines. Sense Publishers