'Multisensory Holistic Immersion': The Method of Insider Inquiry Skills as a Threshold Concept

Authors

  • David Coghlan Trinity College Dublin
  • Anne Graham Cagney Trinity College Dublin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.v0i5.136

Keywords:

Insider inquiry, threshold concepts, Bernard Lonergan, general empirical method

Abstract

Insider inquiry involves being immersed in local situations and generating contextually embedded knowledge which emerges from direct experience. Insider inquiry requires a method that facilitates attending to observable data, envisaging possible explanations of that data and selecting as probable or certain the explanations which provide the best account for the data. This article explores how such an approach in undergraduate education constitutes a threshold concept and troublesome knowledge. Drawing on the notion of threshold concepts, the aim of the article is to contribute insights from how a course in insider inquiry which focused on a method of attending to cognitional processes was conducted and to contribute to future research in the field of undergraduate management education.

Author Biography

David Coghlan, Trinity College Dublin

Associate Professor of Organisation Development

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Published

18-03-2013

How to Cite

Coghlan, D. and Graham Cagney, A. (2013) “’Multisensory Holistic Immersion’: The Method of Insider Inquiry Skills as a Threshold Concept”, Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, (5). doi: 10.47408/jldhe.v0i5.136.

Issue

No. 5 (2013)

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Papers

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