Title
Threshold concepts in legal education
Document Type
Article
Publication details
Ricketts, A 2006, 'Threshold concepts in legal education', Directions: Journal of Educational Studies, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 2-12.
The publisher's version of this article is available at http://www.directions.usp.ac.fj/
Peer Reviewed
Peer-Reviewed
Abstract
This paper examines the idea of threshold concepts. in relation to legal education. The notion of threshold concepts relates to major concepts that involve a transformation of a student.s worldview and that need to be acquired in order to succeed in studying in a particular discipline.