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Awodele, W. A. (Mphil, 2019) The epistemic properties in a typical engineering science course and its relation to student success: a case study, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

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Mouton, M. (2019) A case for project based learning to enact semantic waves: towards cumulative knowledge building, Journal of Biological Education, DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2019.1585379

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Mouton, M. & Archer, E. (2019) Legitimation code theory to facilitate transition from high school to first-year biology, Journal of Biological Education, 53(1): 2–20.

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Bovill, C. & Woolmer, C. (2018) How conceptualisations of curriculum in higher education influence student-staff co-creation in and of the curriculum, Higher Education: 1–16. DOI: 10.1007/s10734-018-0349-8

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Kinchin, I. M. (2019) Accessing Expert Understanding: The Value of Visualising Knowledge Structures in Professional Education, in Trimmer K., Newman T., Padró F. (eds) Ensuring Quality in Professional Education Volume II (pp. 71–89). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

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James, B. (2018) Closing the gap between text and context in academic writing research—An “impossible” task?, Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 36: 99–107.

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Hu, G. & Liu, Y. (2018) Three minute thesis presentations as an academic genre: A cross-disciplinary study of genre moves, Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 35: 16–30.

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Oteiza, T., Henriquez, R. & Canelo, V. (2018) Language resources to negotiate historical thinking in history classroom interactions, Linguistics and Education, 47: 1–15.

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Hao, J. & Hood, S. (2019) Valuing science: The role of language and body language in a health science lecture, Journal of Pragmatics, 139: 200–215.

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Aworishi Kamai, R. (Phd, 2017) A multi-theoretical analysis of the dynamics and effects of variation in the use of terms in school science textbooks in Nigeria and South Africa, University of Western Cape.

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Cheung, L. M. E. (Phd, 2018) Development of Evaluative Stance and Voice in Postgraduate Academic Writing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University-University of Technology Sydney Joint Doctorate Programme.

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Strydom, S. (Phd, 2018) Institutional and agentic interplay in technology-enhanced higher education curriculum development: A critical realist perspective, Stellenbosch University.

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Collett, K. S., Von der Heyden, B., Pott, R. W. M. & Stander, J. (2018) A collaborative auto-ethnographic exploration of socially just practices by new academics in two South African higher education institutions, South African Journal of Higher Education, 32(6): 582‒603

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Clarence, S. (2018) Understanding the student experience through the lens of academic staff development practice and research, in Ashwin, P. & Case, J. Higher Education Pathways: South African Undergraduate Education and the Public Good (pp. 204–215). Bloemfontein: African Minds.

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Winberg, C., Wright, J., Wolff, K. E., Pallitt, N., Bozalek, V. G. and Conana, H. (2018) Critical interdisciplinary dialogues: Towards a pedagogy of well-being in STEM disciplines and fields, South African Journal of Higher Education, 32(6): 270–287.

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Nygard Larsson, P. (2018) “We’re talking about mobility:” Discourse strategies for promoting disciplinary knowledge and language in educational contexts, Linguistics and Education, 48: 61–75.

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Moyano, E. I. (2019) Knowledge construction in discussions of research articles in two disciplines in Spanish: The role of resources of appraisal, Journal of Pragmatics, 139: 231–246.

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Kavish, J. & Carver, P. (2018) A legitimation code theory perspective on work-integrated learning in South African school physical science curriculum policy, Refereed Proceedings of the 3rd International Research Symposium on Cooperative and Work-Integrated Education, 23rd–27th of June, 2018, Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

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Hu, G. (2018) Disciplinary knowledge making and academic discourse, in Y., Leung, J., Katchen, S., Hwang, & Y., Chen (eds.), Reconceptualizing English language teaching and learning in the 21st century (pp. 553–573). Taipei: Crane Publishing.

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Steffensen, T. & Hull Havgaard, M. (2018) Knowledge and behaviour management in the multi-ethnic classroom: An ethnographic study of teachers’ classroommanagement strategies and minority pupils’ participation in different school subjects, Ethnography and Education, DOI: 10.1080/17457823.2018.1519401

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Pountney, R. (PhD, 2014). Trials and tribunals: Consensus seeking in course design approval in Higher Education, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.

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Grenfell, M., Hood, S., Barrett, B. & Schubert, D. (2017) Towards a Realist Sociology of Education: A polyphonic review essay, Educational Theory, 67(2): 193–208.

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Wolff, K. (2018) Researching the engineering theory-practice divide in industrial problem solving, European Journal of Engineering Education, DOI: 10.1080/03043797.2018.1516738

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Monbec, L. (2018) Designing an EAP curriculum for transfer: A focus on knowledge, Journal of Academic Language & Learning, 12(2): 88–101.

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Aldred, E. M. (PhD, 2018) The landscape of EdD programmes in England. School of Education, University of Nottingham, England.

PhD thesis available here.
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Hipkiss, A.M. & Andersson, P. (2018) Spotlighting pedagogic metalanguage in Reading to Learn – How teachers build legitimate knowledge during tutorial sessions, Linguistics and Education, 47: 93–104.

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Ruszynak, L. (2018) What messages about teacher professionalism are transmitted through South African pre-service teacher education programmes?, South African Journal of Education, 38 (3), 1–11.

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Aris, S. (2017) Indian tigers: What high school selection by parents pursuing academic performance reveals about class culture and migration, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 43(14): 2440-2455.

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Kamai, R. (PhD, 2018) A multi-theoretical analysis of the dynamics and effects of variation in the use of terms in school science textbooks in Nigeria and South Africa, University of the Western Cape, South Africa.

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Vahed, A., McKenna, S. & Singh, S. (2016) Linking the ‘know-that’ and ‘know-how’ knowledge through games: a quest to evolve the future for science and engineering education, Higher Education, 71(6): 781–790.

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Hay, C. (2016) Knowledge and Knowers, in Knowledge, Creativity and Failure. Creativity, Education and the Arts (pp. 17–46). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.

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Singh, V. & Gero, J. (2015) How Different Models of Value Change Affect Emergent Patterns in Design Practice: Agent based simulations, in Chakrabarti, A. (ed) ICoRD’15 – Research into Design Across Boundaries Volume 1, Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, 34 (pp. 15–25). New Delhi: Springer.

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Zappavigna, M. & Martin, J. (2018) Performing Identity: A Topological Perspective, in Discourse and Diversionary Justice (pp. 245–268). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.

Zappavigna, M. & Martin, J. (2018) Performing Identity: A Topological Perspective, in Discourse and Diversionary Justice (pp. 245–268). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Clark, U. (2019) Language, Literacy and Pedagogy, in Developing Language and Literacy in English across the Secondary School Curriculum. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.

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de Bie, G. (PhD, 2018) Disciplinary Knowledge Structures in a Human Biology Curriculum and the Possible Implications for Cumulative Learning: An analysis using Legitimation Code Theory, Rhodes University, South Africa.

de Bie, G. (PhD, 2018) Disciplinary Knowledge Structures in a Human Biology Curriculum and the Possible Implications for Cumulative Learning: An analysis using Legitimation Code Theory, Rhodes University, South Africa.
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Giqwa, N. (PhD, 2018) An Investigation of Knowledge and its Circulation amongst Workers in Waste Management Workplaces: Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) case studies, Rhodes University, South Africa.

Giqwa, N. (PhD, 2018) An Investigation of Knowledge and its Circulation amongst Workers in Waste Management Workplaces: Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) case studies, Rhodes University, South Africa.
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Mtombeni, T. (PhD, 2018) A Social Realist Account of the Influence of Knowledge and Knower Structures in Curriculum Development Practices in the First Year Chemistry and Mathematics Curricula, Rhodes University, South Africa.

Mtombeni, T. (PhD) A Social Realist Account of the Influence of Knowledge and Knower Structures in Curriculum Development Practices in the First Year Chemistry and Mathematics Curricula, Rhodes University, South Africa.
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Ho, W.S.C. (PhD, 2017) Teaching academics’ perceptions of ‘Asia Literacy’ and its integration into undergraduate curricula: A case study in to three Australian universities, University of Melbourne, Australia.

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Booi, K. (PhD, 2018) Life Sciences Teacher Educators’ perspectives of the principle of knowledge integration in the Life Sciences teacher education curriculum, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa.

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Simpson-Smith, C. (2018, MA) Is it feasible? A comparison of industry and student engineering texts, Monash University, Australia.

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Kajee, F.A. (PhD, 2018) Knowledge and Knowers in Educational leadership and Management (ELM) Master’s programmes in South Africa, Rhodes University, South Africa.

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Winberg, C., Bester, M., Scholtz, D., Monnapula-Mapesela, M., Ronald, N., Snyman, J., Staak, A., Sabata,S., Sebolao, R., Makua, M. & Machika, P. (2018) In search of graduate attributes: A survey of six flagship programs, South African Journal of Higher Education, 32(1): 233-251.

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McCartney, P. (2018) Śāntamūrti: The legitimate disposition(s) of the ‘Temple of Peace’ social network, Annual Papers of the Anthropological Institute, 18: 65–104.

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Luckett, K. (2018) Gazes in the post-colony: an analysis of African philosophies using Legitimation Code Theory, Teaching in Higher Education: 1–15.

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Lilliedahl, J. (2018) Building knowledge through arts integration, Pedagogies: An International Journal, 13(2): 133-145.

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Karlsson, A. Larsson, P. & Jakobsson, A. (2018) Multilingual students’ use of translanguaging in science classrooms, International Journal of Science Education, DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2018.1477261

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Johnson, M. (2018) Success in information technology – what do student nurses think it takes? A quantitative study based on Legitimation Code Theory, Research in Learning Technology, 26: 2049.

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Kinchin, I. (2018) Implications for student feedback: Changing the game, in Kinchin, I. (ed) Visualising powerful knowledge to develop the expert student (pp. 103–115). Rotterdam: SensePublishers.

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Georgiou, H. & Crook, S. (2018) Watching the pendulum swing: Changes in the NSW physics curriculum and consequences for the discipline, Science Education News, 67(1): 20–24.

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Ellery, K. (2018) Legitimation of knowers for access in Science, Journal of Education, 71: 24–38. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2520-9868/i71a02

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Booi, K. & Khuzwayo, M. (2018) Sciences Teacher Education Curriculum Re-alignment: Science education lecturers’ perspectives of knowledge integration at South African universities, Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 7(1): 52-63.

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Carver, M. (2017) Knowledge transfer: Indigenous African Music in the South African music curriculum, African Music: Journal of the International Library of African Music, 10(3): 119-141.

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Maton, K. Kirk, S. & Martin, J. (n.d.) Prison Stories

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Wolff, Karin (2017) A new hope: The impact of Legitimation Code Theory in South African education

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Wright, H.K. & Maton, K. (2004) Cultural studies and education: From Birmingham origin to glocal presence, Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies, 26 (2–3): 73–90.

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Bennett, S., Maton, K. & Carrington, L. (2011) Understanding the complexity of technology acceptance by higher education students, in T. Teo (ed) Technology Acceptance in Education: Research and issues (pp. 63–77). Netherlands: Sense.

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Maton K. (2007) Knowledge–knower structures in intellectual and educational fields, in F. Christie & J.R. Martin (eds) Language, Knowledge and Pedagogy: Functional linguistic and sociological perspectives (pp. 87–108). London: Continuum.

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Maton, K. & Moore, R. (eds) (2010) Social Realism, Knowledge and the Sociology of Education: Coalitions of the mind. London: Continuum.

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Christie, F. & Maton, K. (eds) (2011) Disciplinarity: Functional linguistic and sociological perspectives. London: Continuum.

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Hollis-Turner, S. (2017) Attributes for the field of practice of the administrator and office manager, Journal of Education, 70: 88–107.

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Locke, P. & Maton, K. (2019) Serving two masters: How vocational educators experience marketization reforms, Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 71(1): 1–20.

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Van Krieken, R., Habibis, B., Smith, P., Hutchins, B., Martin, G.. & Maton, K. (2017) Sociology: Themes and perspectives. Sixth Edition. Sydney: Pearson.

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Maton, K. (2016) Legitimation Code Theory: Building knowledge about knowledge-building, in K. Maton, S. Hood & S. Shay (eds) Knowledge-building: Educational studies in Legitimation Code Theory. London, Routledge.

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Maton, K. & Chen, R. T-H. (2016) LCT in qualitative research: Creating a translation device for studying constructivist pedagogy, in K. Maton, S. Hood & S. Shay (eds) Knowledge-building: Educational studies in Legitimation Code Theory. London: Routledge.

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Maton, K. & Howard, S. K. (2016) LCT in mixed-methods research: Evolving an instrument for quantitative data, in K. Maton, S. Hood & S. Shay (eds) Knowledge-building: Educational studies in Legitimation Code Theory. London: Routledge.

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Maton, K., Carvalho, L. & Dong, A. (2016) LCT in praxis: Creating an e-learning environment for informal learning of principled knowledge, in K. Maton, S. Hood & S. Shay (eds) Knowledge-building: Educational studies in Legitimation Code Theory. London: Routledge.

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Maton, K., Martin, J. R. & Matruglio, E. (2016) LCT and systemic functional linguistics: Enacting complementary theories for explanatory power, in K. Maton, S. Hood & S. Shay (eds) Knowledge-building: Educational studies in Legitimation Code Theory. London: Routledge.

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Maton, K. (2014) Building powerful knowledge: The significance of semantic waves, in Rata, E. & Barrett, B. (eds) Knowledge and the Future of the Curriculum: International studies in social realism, London: Palgrave Macmillan.

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Maton, K. (2014) A TALL order?: Legitimation Code Theory for academic language and learning, Journal of Academic Language and Learning, 8(3): 34–48.

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Maton, K. (2012) Habitus, in Grenfell, M. (ed.) Pierre Bourdieu: Key concepts, revised edition (pp. 48–64). London: Acumen.

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Christie, F. & Maton, K. (2011) Why disciplinarity?, in Christie, F. & Maton, K. (eds) Disciplinarity: Functional linguistic and sociological perspectives (pp. 1–9). London: Continuum.

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Maton, K. (2011) Theories and things: The semantics of disciplinarity, in Christie, F. & Maton, K. (eds) Disciplinarity: Functional linguistic and sociological perspectives (pp. 62–84). London: Continuum.

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Maton, K. (2011) Knowledge-building: Analysing the cumulative development of ideas, in Ivinson, G., Davies, B. & Fitz, J. (eds) Knowledge and Identity: Concepts and applications in Bernstein’s sociology (pp. 23–38). London: Routledge.

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Maton, K. (2010) Last night we dreamt that somebody loved us: Smiths fans and me in the late 1980s, in Campbell, S. & Coulter, C. (eds) Why Pamper Life’s Complexities? Essays on The Smiths (pp. 179–194). Manchester: Manchester University Press.

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Maton, K. (2010) Segmentalism: The problem of building knowledge and creating knowers, in Frandji, D. & Vitale, P. (eds) Knowledge, Pedagogy & Society: International perspectives on Basil Bernstein’s sociology of education (pp. 126–139). Abingdon: Routledge.

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Maton, K. (2010) Analysing knowledge claims and practices: Languages of legitimation, in Maton, K. & Moore, R. (eds) Social Realism, Knowledge and the Sociology of Education: Coalitions of the mind (pp. 35–59). London: Continuum.

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Maton, K. (2010) Canons and progress in the arts and humanities: Knowers and gazes, in Maton, K. & Moore, R. (eds) Social Realism, Knowledge and the Sociology of Education: Coalitions of the mind (pp. 154–178). London: Continuum.

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Maton, K. & Moore, R. (2010) Coalitions of the mind, in Maton, K. & Moore, R. (eds) Social Realism, Knowledge and the Sociology of Education: Coalitions of the mind (pp. 1–13). London: Continuum.

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Maton, K. (2010) Invisible tribunals: Progress and knowledge-building in the humanities, in Singh, P., Sadovnik, A. & Semel, S. (eds) Toolkits, Translation Devices and Conceptual Accounts: Essays on Basil Bernstein’s sociology of knowledge (pp. 177–196). New York: Peter Lang.

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Maton, K. (2009) Cumulative and segmented learning: Exploring the role of curriculum structures in knowledge-building, British Journal of Sociology of Education 30(1): 43–57.

See Chapter 6 of Knowledge and Knowers for a much revised version.
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Chen, R., Bennett, S., & Maton, K. (2008) The adaptation of Chinese international students to online flexible learning: Two case studies, Distance Education, 29(3): 307–323.

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Bennett, S., Maton, K. & Kervin, L. (2008) The ‘digital natives’ debate: A critical review of the evidence, British Journal of Educational Technology, 39(5): 775–786.

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Freebody, P., Maton, K., & Martin, J. (2008) Talk, text and knowledge in cumulative, integrated learning: A response to ‘intellectual challenge’, Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 31: 188–201.

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Maton, K. (2008) Gravité sémantique et Apprentissage segmenté, in Vitale, P. & Frandji, D. (eds) Enjeux Sociaux, Savoirs, Langage, Pedagogie: Actualité et fécondité de l’oeuvre de Basil Bernstein (pp. 151–168). Rennes: University of Rennes Press.

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Maton, K. (2008) Habitus, in Grenfell, M. (ed.) Pierre Bourdieu: Key concepts (pp. 49–66). London: Acumen.

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Christie, F., Martin, J., Maton, K. & Muller, J. (2007) Taking stock: Future directions in research in knowledge structure, in Christie, F. & Martin, J. (eds) Language, Knowledge and Pedagogy: Functional linguistic and sociological perspectives (pp. 237–258). London: Continuum.

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Maton K. (2007) Knowledge-knower structures in intellectual and educational fields, in Christie, F. & Martin, J. (eds) Language, Knowledge and Pedagogy: Functional linguistic and sociological perspectives (pp. 87–108).  London: Continuum.

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Maton, K. & Muller, J. (2007) A sociology for the transmission of knowledges, in Christie, F. & Martin, J. (eds) Language, Knowledge and Pedagogy: Functional linguistic and sociological perspectives (pp. 14–33). London: Continuum.

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Maton, K. (2006) On knowledge structures and knower structures, in Moore, R., Arnot, M., Beck, J. & Daniels, H. (eds) Knowledge, Power and Educational Reform: Applying the sociology of Basil Bernstein (pp. 44–59). London:Routledge.

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Maton, K. (2005) A Question of Autonomy: Bourdieu’s field approach and policy in higher education, Journal of Education Policy, 20(6): 687–704.

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Maton, K. (2005) The Sacred and the Profane: The arbitrary legacy of Pierre Bourdieu, European Journal of Cultural Studies, 8(1): 121–132.

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Maton, K. (2004) The wrong kind of knower: Education, expansion and the epistemic device, in Muller, J., Davies, B., & Morais, A. (eds) Reading Bernstein, Researching Bernstein (pp. (218–231). London: Routledge.

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Maton, K. (2003) Reflexivity, Relationism and Research: Pierre Bourdieu and the epistemic conditions of social scientific knowledge, Space & Culture, 6(1): 52–65.

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Maton, K. (2003) Eternizando o arbitrário: O legado profano de Pierre Bourdieu, Educação, Sociedade & Culturas, 19: 89–102. [Portuguese language]

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Maton, K. & Wright, H.K. (2002) Returning cultural studies to education, International Journal of Cultural Studies, 5(4): 379–392.

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Maton, K. (2002) Popes, Kings and cultural studies: Placing the commitment to non-disciplinarity in historical context, in Herbrechter, S. (ed.) Cultural Studies: Interdisciplinarity and translation (pp. 31–53). Amsterdam: Rodopi.

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Moore, R. & Maton, K. (2001) Founding the sociology of knowledge: Basil Bernstein, intellectual fields and the epistemic device, in Morais, A., Neves, I., Davies, B. & Daniels, H. (eds) Towards a Sociology of Pedagogy: The contribution of Basil Bernstein to research (pp. 153–182). New York: Peter Lang.

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Maton, K. (2000) Languages of legitimation: The structuring significance for intellectual fields of strategic knowledge claims, British Journal of Sociology of Education 21 (2): 147–167.  

See Chapter 2 of Knowledge and Knowers.
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Maton, K. (2000) Recovering pedagogic discourse: A Bernsteinian approach to the sociology of educational knowledge, Linguistics & Education, 11(1): 79–98. See Chapter 2 of Knowledge and Knowers.

See Chapter 2 of Knowledge and Knowers.
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