higher education – Legitimation Code Theory

Moore, M. (2024) What counts as legitimate college writing? An exploration of knowledge structures in written feedback. Journal of Response to Writing, 10(1): 33 pages.

Moore, M. (2024) What counts as legitimate college writing? An exploration of knowledge structures in written feedback. Journal of Response to Writing, 10(1): 33 pages.Moore, M. (2024) What counts as legitimate college writing An exploration of knowledge structures in written feedback. Journal of Response to Writing, 10(1) 33 pages.

Wilmot, K. (2024) Structured doctoral programmes for developing the scholar and the scholarship: Lessons from practice. CriSTaL, 12(1): 21 pages. DOI: 10.14426/cristal.v12i1.2093

Wilmot, K. (2024) Structured doctoral programmes for developing the scholar and the scholarship: Lessons from practice. CriSTaL, 12(1): 21 pages. DOI: 10.14426/cristal.v12i1.2093 Wilmot, K. (2024) Structured doctoral programmes for developing the scholar and the scholarship Lessons from practice. CriSTaL, 12(1) 21 pages.

Da Silva, A. M. & Rottava, L. (2023) Ondas Semânticas no ensino de Português como língua adicional: Gravidade e densidade semântica na construção do conhecimento. SciELO Preprints. DOI: 10.1590/01031813v62220238671079

Da Silva, A. M. & Rottava, L. (2023) Ondas Semânticas no ensino de Português como língua adicional: Gravidade e densidade semântica na construção do conhecimento. SciELO Preprints. DOI: 10.1590/01031813v62220238671079

Macnaught, L. (2024) Writing blog critiques in teacher education: Teaching students what is valued with semantic gravity and genre theory, in N. Tilakaratna & E. Szenes (Eds.), Demystifying Critical Reflection: Improving Pedagogy and Practice with Legitimation Code Theory, Routledge, 145-165. DOI: 10.4324/9781003177210-10

Macnaught, L. (2024) Writing blog critiques in teacher education: Teaching students what is valued with semantic gravity and genre theory, in N. Tilakaratna & E. Szenes (Eds.), Demystifying Critical Reflection: Improving Pedagogy and Practice with Legitimation Code Theory, Routledge, 145-165. DOI: 10.4324/9781003177210-10

Pountney, R. (2019) Sharing and building the higher education curriculum: Course design in an open and collegial context, European Journal of Curriculum Studies.

Bean, J. (2022) Cracking the Code: A new perspective on architectural education. ACSA 110th Annual Meeting – EMPOWER (May 18-20, 2022).

Skipp, J. (2023) Fostering interdisciplinary skills in doctoral students from across the disciplines on an English for Special Academic Purposes (ESAP) course. Journal of Education, Innovation, and Communication, 5(2): 47-61. DOI: 10.34097/jeicom-5-2-December-23-4

Skipp, J. (2023) Fostering interdisciplinary skills in doctoral students from across the disciplines on an English for Special Academic Purposes (ESAP) course. Journal of Education, Innovation, and Communication, 5(2): 47-61. DOI: 10.34097/jeicom-5-2-December-23-4

Bozbiyik, M. & Morton, T. (2023) Transitioning between ‘Outside’ and ‘Inside’ knowledge in an online university EMI chemistry course. Applied Linguistics, 44(2): 265-286. DOI: 10.1093/applin/amac068

Bozbiyik, M. & Morton, T. (2023) Transitioning between ‘Outside’ and ‘Inside’ knowledge in an online university EMI chemistry course. Applied Linguistics, 44(2): 265-286. DOI: 10.1093/applin/amac068

Blackie, M. A. L. & Adendorff, H. (2022) A decolonial science education: How do we move forward? in M. N. Hlatshwayo, H. Adendorff, M. A. L. Blackie, A. Fataar & P. Maluleka (Eds.) Decolonising Knowledge and Knowers, Routledge, 103–120. DOI: 10.4324/9781003106968-7

Blackie, M. A. L. & Adendorff, H. (2022) A decolonial science education: How do we move forward? in M. N. Hlatshwayo, H. Adendorff, M. A. L. Blackie, A. Fataar & P. Maluleka (Eds.) Decolonising Knowledge and Knowers, Routledge, 103–120. DOI: 10.4324/9781003106968-7

Steenkamp, C. M., Rootman-le Grange, I. & Müller-Nedebock, K. K. (2021) Analysing assessments in introductory physics using semantic gravity Refocussing on core concepts and context-dependence. Teaching in Higher Education, 26(6): 871-886. DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2019.1692335

Steenkamp, C. M., Rootman-le Grange, I. & Müller-Nedebock, K. K. (2021) Analysing assessments in introductory physics using semantic gravity Refocussing on core concepts and context-dependence. Teaching in Higher Education, 26(6): 871-886. DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2019.1692335

Georgiou, H. (2016) Putting physics knowledge in the hot seat: The semantics of student understandings of thermodynamics, in K. Maton, S. Hood, & S. Shay (Eds.) Knowledge-building: Educational studies in Legitimation Code Theory, Routledge, 176–192.

Georgiou, H. (2016) Putting physics knowledge in the hot seat: The semantics of student understandings of thermodynamics, in K. Maton, S. Hood, & S. Shay (Eds.) Knowledge-building: Educational studies in Legitimation Code Theory, Routledge, 176–192.

Argüelles-Álvarez, I. & Morton, T. (2023) Using legitimation code theory to investigate English medium lecturers’ knowledge-building practices. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 65: 101285. DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2023.101285

Argüelles-Álvarez, I. & Morton, T. (2023) Using legitimation code theory to investigate English medium lecturers’ knowledge-building practices. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 65: 101285. DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2023.101285

Cowley-Haselden, S. (PhD thesis, 2021). Knowledge building via Academic Reading Circles on an English for General Academic Purposes pre-sessional course. Coventry University, United Kingdom.

Adamek, P. (PhD, 2022) Legitimation in the Academic Discourse of Two Earth Science Sub-disciplines, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University.

Adamek, P. (2022). Legitimation in the academic discourse of two earth science sub-disciplines. PhD thesisDownload

Rathilal, S. (PhD, 2020) Planning for Numeracy in Higher Education: A South African University of Technology Case Study, University of KwaZulu-Natal.

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Wolff, K., Kruger, K., Pott, R., & de Koker, N. (2022). The conceptual nuances of technology-supported learning in engineering, European Journal of Engineering Education: 1–20.

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Steenkamp, C. M. & Rootman-le Grange, I. (2022). Improving assessments in introductory Physics courses, in Blackie, M. A. L., Maton, K. Adendorff, H. & Mouton, M. (eds) Enhancing Science Education. Routledge (pp. 41–62).

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Blackie, M. A. L., Adendorff, H. & Mouton, M. (2022) Enacting Legitimation Code Theory in science education, in Blackie, M. A. L., Maton, K. Adendorff, H. & Mouton, M. (eds) Enhancing Science Education. Routledge (pp. 1–18).

Conana, H., Solomons, D. & Marshall, D. (2022) Supporting the transition from first to second-year Mathematics using Legitimation Code Theory, in Blackie, M. A. L., Maton, K. Adendorff, H. & Mouton, M. (eds) Enhancing Science Education. Routledge (pp. 206–223).

Dorli, E. (PhD, 2021) The Methodology of Educational Research in the Light of the Legitimation Code Theory [Greek]

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Mouton, M. (2021) Harnessing the Beast – COVID-19: Integrative Knowledge-Building with LCT Autonomy, Eurasian Journal of Science and Environmental Education, 1 (1): 27–42.

Jina Asvat, Z. (2022). Semantic waves and their affordances for teaching scaffolding to pre-service teachers, Reading & Writing, 13(1): a346. https://doi.org/10.4102/rw.v13i1.346

Rusznyak, L. (2022). Using Semantic Pathways to Reveal the” Depth” of Pre-Service Teachers’ Reflections, Education as Change, 26(1): 1–24.

Bond, B. (2022). The Positioning and Purpose of EAP across the University Curriculum: Highlighting Language in Curriculum Policies, in Bond, B. & Bruce, I. Contextualizing English for Academic Purposes in Higher Education: Politics, Policies and Practices, 109–128. Bloomsbury Publishing.

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Clarence, S. (2021) Turning Access into Success: Improving university education with Legitimation Code Theory, Routledge.

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Munn, D. (2021) Learning transfer from an in-sessional ESAP module to International Relations and Development students’ core disciplinary writing assignments: Teaching semantic gravity to support cumulative knowledge building, Journal of Academic Language and Learning, 15(1): 187–213.

Herrett, M. F. (PhD, 2020) A secure seat at the academic high table? An exploratory study of the field of university-based teacher education for post-compulsory education and training in England: a Legitimation Code Theory analysis, University College London, UK.

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Wilmot, K., & McKenna, S. (2021) Putting Knowledge at the Centre: the uptake of Legitimation Code Theory in Higher Education Studies in South Africa, in Huisman, J. & Tight, M. (eds) Theory and Method in Higher Education Research. Emerald Publishing Limited (pp. 147–160).

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