Ray Land is a scholar of higher education. The University of Brighton education research seminar page describes him as Professor of Higher Education at Durham University and Director of Durham's Centre for Academic Practice, and records that he previously held similar positions at the Universities of Strathclyde, Coventry and Edinburgh. He is best known for his theory, developed with Jan Meyer, of Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge, an account of the ideas within academic disciplines that transform a learner's understanding yet are hard to grasp. The theory has made him a widely invited speaker on university teaching, curriculum design and how students come to think like members of a discipline.
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Defining ContributionThreshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge theory, developed with Jan Meyer 1 Level Worked At Sources
1. University of Warwick: Threshold Concepts seminar (University of Warwick)
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He is best known for his Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge theory with Jan Meyer.
2. Education Research Seminar 5 November 2015 (University of Brighton)
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Ray Land is Professor of Higher Education at Durham University
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