TY - JOUR
T1 - Threshold Concepts Through Enactive Learning: How effective are they in the study of European Politics?
AU - Korosteleva-Polglase, Elena A.
PY - 2010/2/1
Y1 - 2010/2/1
N2 - Studying European Politics can be a challenge! And this is not surprising: even the best scholarly minds of European politics often struggle to give precise definition to such a young, but already so complex and constantly evolving polity as the European Union, and are increasingly at odds with identifying its prospects for survival. One way to achieve a better understanding of the subject is to utilize a threshold concept approach, which is essentially a “less is more” approach that chooses to work with a few “founding” concepts, and identifies a “road map” for independent learning of broader but essentially inter-connected issues of the discipline. The threshold concept approach becomes even more effective if combined with enactive learning—that is, learning-by-doing, through role taking and simulation of the threshold concepts during seminars. Such learning evidently exceeds the boundaries of conventional knowledge and becomes a useful transferable investment for the future.
AB - Studying European Politics can be a challenge! And this is not surprising: even the best scholarly minds of European politics often struggle to give precise definition to such a young, but already so complex and constantly evolving polity as the European Union, and are increasingly at odds with identifying its prospects for survival. One way to achieve a better understanding of the subject is to utilize a threshold concept approach, which is essentially a “less is more” approach that chooses to work with a few “founding” concepts, and identifies a “road map” for independent learning of broader but essentially inter-connected issues of the discipline. The threshold concept approach becomes even more effective if combined with enactive learning—that is, learning-by-doing, through role taking and simulation of the threshold concepts during seminars. Such learning evidently exceeds the boundaries of conventional knowledge and becomes a useful transferable investment for the future.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/2160/8288
U2 - 10.1111/j.1528-3585.2009.00391.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1528-3585.2009.00391.x
M3 - Article
SN - 1528-3577
VL - 11
SP - 37
EP - 50
JO - International Studies Perspectives
JF - International Studies Perspectives
IS - 1
ER -