Threshold concepts and the integration of understanding in economics
Threshold concepts and the integration of understanding in economics
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DOI：
10.1080/03075070701685148
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发表时间：
2007-01-01
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Mangan, Jean
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作者：
Davies, Peter;Mangan, Jean
本文概述了最近发展起来的“门槛概念”的概念，并解释了如何使用这个概念来描述经济学学习的进展。作者研究了阈值概念，关键概念和概念变化之间的关系，并建议，基本，纪律和程序概念之间的区别可能是有用的，在确定一个框架，确定阈值概念。目前对门槛概念的理解是通过表明这些概念最好被看作是一个概念的网络，在一个学科中联系思维和实践来扩展的。一系列的证据来说明经济学中的阈值概念的存在和影响。
This article outlines the recently developed idea of 'Threshold Concepts' and explains how this idea may be used to describe the progress of learning in economics. The authors examine the relationship between threshold concepts, key concepts and conceptual change and suggest that a distinction between basic, discipline and procedural concepts may be useful in determining a framework for the identification of threshold concepts. The current understanding of threshold concepts is extended by indicating that these might best be seen as a web of concepts which link thinking and practice in a discipline. A range of evidence is presented to illustrate the existence and implications of threshold concepts in economics.