Misconceptions and threshold concepts - a session for secondary ECTs RH298 / E51
Summary
This session for Early Career Teachers helps you to ensure that students have a secure understanding of the ‘threshold concepts’ which opens the door to further and more long-term understanding. As part of this you will will be able to identify and anticipate misconceptions which might be hurdles to students mastering these threshold concepts.
Who is the course leader?
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Matthew King
Winner at the STEM national teaching awards 2022 for Outstanding engagement with the STEM community.
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Outcomes
By the end of the session you will have:
- considered the impact of preconceptions and misconceptions on student progress.
- identified sources of information on misconceptions.
- suggested ways of addressing misconceptions.
- considered the importance of misconceptions in planning.
- discussed what a threshold concept is.
Actions
Cost
State-funded school or college | Activity fee£20.00 +VAT |
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Fee-paying school or college (independent) | Activity fee£40.00 +VAT |
Additional information
Our remote CPD courses for teachers are delivered across a series of sessions run at specific times and dates. Information on all course sessions can be found under the description of each course. To complete a course, all sessions are mandatory.
Alternative dates
Virtual, MS Teams, Remote Delivered CPD
Holton St Peter Community Primary School, Bungay Road, Holton, Halesworth IP19 8PL
The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School, Hampton Dene Road, Hereford HR1 1UU
The Whitby High School, Sycamore Drive, Whitby, Ellesmere Port CH66 2NU
Middleton Technology School, Kenyon Lane, Middleton, Manchester M24 2GT
Middleton Technology School, Kenyon Lane, Middleton, Manchester M24 2GT
Middleton Technology School, Kenyon Lane, Middleton, Manchester M24 2GT
Middleton Technology School, Kenyon Lane, Middleton, Manchester M24 2GT
Middleton Technology School, Kenyon Lane, Middleton, Manchester M24 2GT
Outwood Academy Haydock, Clipsley Lane, Haydock, St. Helens WA11 0JG
Ashton Community Science College, Aldwych Drive, Ashton-on-Ribble PR2 1SL
Ashton Community Science College, Aldwych Drive, Ashton-on-Ribble PR2 1SL
Ashton Community Science College, Aldwych Drive, Ashton-on-Ribble PR2 1SL
Ashton Community Science College, Aldwych Drive, Ashton-on-Ribble PR2 1SL
Camberwell Park Specialist Support School, Brookside Road, Moston, Manchester M40 9GJ
De La Salle School, Mill Brow, Eccleston, St Helens WA10 4QH
Ashton Community Science College, Aldwych Drive, Ashton-on-Ribble PR2 1SL
Ashton Community Science College, Aldwych Drive, Ashton-on-Ribble PR2 1SL
Swavesey Village College, Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey, Cambridge CB24 4RS
Myerscough College, St Michael's Road, Bilsborrow, Preston PR3 0RY
Holton St Peter Community Primary School, Bungay Road, Holton, Halesworth IP19 8PL
Swavesey Village College, Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey, Cambridge CB24 4RS
St Albans Girls' School, Sandridgebury Lane, St Albans AL3 6DB
Virtual, Zoom, Remote delivered CPD
Bedford College, Cauldwell Street, Bedford MK42 9AH
The Kingsbrook School Armstrong Fields, Bierton, Aylesbury HP22 7BR.
The Kingsbrook School Armstrong Fields, Bierton, Aylesbury HP22 7BR.
Middleton Technology School, Kenyon Lane, Middleton, Manchester M24 2GT
Middleton Technology School, Kenyon Lane, Middleton, Manchester M24 2GT
North Tyneside, Venue, TBC
Middleton Technology School, Kenyon Lane, Middleton, Manchester M24 2GT
Middleton Technology School, Kenyon Lane, Middleton, Manchester M24 2GT
The Sutton Academy, Elton Head Road, St Helens WA9 5AU
Lincolnshire SCITT, The Keyworth Centre, Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln LN6 0EP
Ashton Community Science College, Aldwych Drive, Ashton-on-Ribble PR2 1SL
Oldham Sixth Form College, Union Street West, Oldham OL8 1XU
The Kingsbrook School Armstrong Fields, Bierton, Aylesbury HP22 7BR.
Ashton Community Science College, Aldwych Drive, Ashton-on-Ribble PR2 1SL
Ashton Community Science College, Aldwych Drive, Ashton-on-Ribble PR2 1SL
University of Bedfordshire, Bedford Campus, Bedford, Bedford MK41 9EA
North Ridge High School, Alworth Road, Manchester M9 0RP
University of Bedfordshire, Bedford Campus, Bedford, Bedford MK41 9EA
Sandringham School, The Ridgeway, St Albans AL4 9NX
Middleton Technology School, Kenyon Lane, Middleton, Manchester M24 2GT
Middleton Technology School, Kenyon Lane, Middleton, Manchester M24 2GT
St Albans Girls' School, Sandridgebury Lane, St Albans AL3 6DB
Cowley International College, Hard Lane, St Helens WA10 6PN
Lincolnshire SCITT, The Keyworth Centre, Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln LN6 0EP
Ashton Community Science College, Aldwych Drive, Ashton-on-Ribble PR2 1SL
Lancasterian School, Elizabeth Slinger Road, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 2XA
Samuel Ryder Academy, Drakes Drive, St Albans AL1 5AR
Ashton Community Science College, Aldwych Drive, Ashton-on-Ribble PR2 1SL
Outwood Academy Haydock, Clipsley Lane, Haydock, St. Helens WA11 0JG
Ashton Community Science College, Aldwych Drive, Ashton-on-Ribble PR2 1SL
St Albans Girls' School, Sandridgebury Lane, St Albans AL3 6DB
The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College, Warwick Road, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5NJ
University of Hertfordshire, De Havilland Campus, Mosquito Way, Hatfield AL10 9EU
Lincolnshire SCITT, The Keyworth Centre, Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln LN6 0EP
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