{"id":35290,"date":"2024-01-26T01:28:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T09:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/?p=35290"},"modified":"2024-01-26T01:28:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T09:28:07","slug":"crossing-threshold-a-personal-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/crossing-threshold-a-personal-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Crossing Threshold: a personal experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we all read about \u2018threshold concept\u2019 each has shared various ideas, knowledge or experiences that have relation to this concept. I myself would like to start by saying this concept or word, \u2018threshold concept\u2019 which is also interchangeable with crossing a barrier can be part of each and everyone\u2019s everyday life as we grow from childhood till we aged. Meyer, Jan, and Ray (2006), explain the threshold concept as, \u201ca threshold concept can be considered as akin to a portal, opening up a new and previously inaccessible way of thinking about something. It represents a transformed way of understanding, or interpreting, or viewing something without which the learner cannot progress. As a consequence of comprehending a threshold concept there may thus be a transformed internal view of subject matter, subject landscape, or even world view.\u201d [1]<\/a> \u2018Threshold concept has been widely used in variety of fields such like economics, psychology, educations and a lot more that we could name. I believe that threshold concept is an experience that we experience in a lot of areas of our daily living.<\/p>\n

During childhood, there are several thresholds that had been crossed. For example, when a child has not learned of fire that it burns or hurt, after experimenting with it, he\/she may have crossed that threshold. As we know that this does not only applies to fire, but whatever they experiment with that gives them the same or repeated reaction. Two things that I seen from my two children: (1.) my three year old daughter has crossed a threshold concept that if she wanted something and she would cry and ask for it; I most of the time would give-in, and (2.) on the other hand, my thirteen year old son when wanting something, he would come up with the advantages or excuse of having what he wants. He always tries to have me sold on it; he knows that if I am sold, I would say yes. What I am trying to illustrate here is that these two children have crossed the threshold where they learned that if I do this, this will be the reaction or end results.<\/p>\n

Before coming to America, I many different understandings of what is like in the U.S. Just watching movies that were produced in America or made by Americans does not give the full understands or prevent the misconceptions. This happens especially if one comes from a totally different settings, or cultures and traditions. I believe that is the key word, \u2018different\u2019 settings; that is the barrier to be crossed or the threshold to break through. I found myself in what I did not then that was lacking cultural intelligence.<\/p>\n

Now that I am in my golden years, I crossed the barriers in some areas of my life where I could say, \u201coh, I did not know about this.\u201d I was growing up with grandparents and heard them talking and complaining about their debilitating health, but when your young, they were just stories to you. But these days I have learned that \u2018those stories\u2019 are real. Crossing threshold barriers take place in every stage of each individual life. But what is the most important lesson to take away from this concept or crossing threshold barriers?<\/p>\n

Hudson (\u201cThreshold Concepts: A Bridge between Skills and Content,\u201d n.d.), stated that, \u201caccording to Meyer and Land, mastering a threshold concept requires the learner to enter an uncomfortable space where they must question what they know, wrestle with abstract ideas, and seek new ways to organize and process information.\u201d [2]<\/a><\/p>\n

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[1]<\/a> Meyer, Jan, and Ray Land. 2006. Overcoming Barriers to Student Understanding<\/em>. Routledge.<\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> \u201cThreshold Concepts: A Bridge between Skills and Content.\u201d n.d. GOA. http:\/\/globalonlineacedamy.org\/insights\/articles\/threshold-concepts-a-bridge-between-skills-and-content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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