The Qualitative Analysis of Concept Maps: Some Unforeseen Conseqences and Emerging Opportunities

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  • Ian M. Kinchin
چکیده

The qualitative analysis of concept maps produced by students and teachers from secondary and higher education consistently show the occurrence of three morphological types: spokes, chains and nets. The significance of these structures is discussed in terms of their implications for university teaching and for further learning, and supports a reconceptualisation of the notion of expertise as a dynamic transformation of knowledge structures. This may provide us with a threshold concept for the evolution of university pedagogyexhibiting the key characteristics of being transformative, irreversible and integrative. Implications for such a reconceptualisation of expertise are discussed.

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تاریخ انتشار 2008