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Msusa, N. (2019) Semantic waves: Writer performance ranges on the National Benchmark Tests (NBT) academic literacy test, Alternation, 26(2): 267–289.

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Meyer, B. (2019) What is a Gospel? Reflections on Developing an Integrated Literacy Lesson Cycle in a First Year Tertiary Module Using Legitimation Code Theory, Alternation, 26(2): 240–266.

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Conana, H., Marshall, D. & Solomons, D. (2019) Supporting Student Learning in Foundation Programmes and Beyond: Using Legitimation Code Theory as a Theoretical Lens to Think about Transition, Alternation, 26 (2): 183–212.

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Brooke, M. (2019) Using semantic gravity profiling to develop critical reflection, Reflective Practice, 20 (6): 808–821.

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Tilakaratna, N. L., Brooke, M. & Monbec, L. (2019) Reflective Writing Across The Disciplines: Challenging Western Critical Thinking Models In The Asian Context, Asian Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 9 (2): 119–141.

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Monbec, L. (2019) Theoretical Frameworks For A Qualitative Study of Transfer, Asian Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 9 (2): 142–166.

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Pott, R. W. M. & Wolff, K. (2019) Using Legitimation Code Theory to Conceptualize Learning Opportunities in Fluid Mechanics, Fluids, 4 (203). DOI: 10.3390/fluids4040203

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Giloi, S. & Quinn, L. (2019) Assessment of Sustainable Design: The Significance of Absence, The Design Journal, 22 (6): 833–851. DOI: 10.1080/14606925.2019.1651601

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Conana, H. & Marshall, D. (2019) Supporting Student Learning in Foundation Programmes and Beyond: Using Legitimation Code Theory as a Theoretical Lens to Think about Transition, Alternation, 26 (2): 183–212. DOI: 10.29086/2519-5476/2019/v26n2a9

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Morreira, S. (2019) Disruption by Curriculum Design: Using Steve Biko’s I Write What I Like as a Tool for Participatory Parity in post-Apartheid Higher Education, Alternation, 26 (2): 161–182. DOI: 10.29086/2519-5476/2019/v26n2a8

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Strydom, S. and Fourie-Malherbe, M. (2019), Pluralism as a Vehicle for Theory-building in Educational Technology Research, in Huisman , J. & Tight, M. (eds) Theory and Method in Higher Education Research (pp. 173–191). Emerald Publishing Limited.

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Klassen, M. & Case, J. M. (2019) Legitimating Engineering Education Research: A View from Sociology of Knowledge, Research in Engineering Education Symposium, Cape Town, South Africa.

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Juárez Pacheco, S. & Gage, O. (2019) Legitimate codes of exchange: Gaining awareness from transnational inquiry, 29th European Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference, Portugal.

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Nagy, N. (2019) Making semantic waves in art exhibition reviews: Explicit disciplinary literacy development in undergraduate students, 29th European Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference, Portugal.

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Subethra, P. & Vivienne, W. (2019) Tutors Use of Semantic Waves as a Teaching Strategy to Guide Student Learning: A Case Study, International Conference The Future of Education, 9th Edition, Italy

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Brooke, M. (2019) Guiding teacher talk in the Content and Language Integrated Learning classroom using Semantics from Legitimation Code Theory, Teaching in Higher Education. DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2019.1598968

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Dorfling, C., Wolff, K. & Akdogan, G. (2019) Expanding the semantic range to enable meaningful real-world application in chemical engineering, South African Journal of Higher Education, 33 (1): 42‒58.

Dorfling, C., Wolff, K. & Akdogan, G. (2019) Expanding the semantic range to enable meaningful real-world application in chemical engineering, South African Journal of Higher Education, 33 (1): 42‒58.
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Last, D., Morris, T. & Dececchi, B. (2019) Preparing for future security challenges with practitioner research, Security and Defence Quarterly, 24(2). DOI: 10.35467/sdq/103345

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

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Vorster, J-A. (PhD, 2010) A Social-Realist Analysis of Collaborative Curriculum Development Processes in an Academic Department at a South African University, Rhodes University, South Africa.

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Wolff, K. (PhD, 2015) Negotiating Disciplinary Boundaries in Engineering Problem-Solving Practice, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

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Vahed, A. (D.Tech, 2014) Ensuring Quality Pedagogy through Games in Dental Technology at a Selected University of Technology, Durban University of Technology, South Africa.

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Van Heerden, M. (PhD, 2017) What lies beneath tutors’ feedback? Examining the role of feedback in developing ‘knowers’ in English Studies, University of the Western Cape, South Africa.

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Shuker, L. (PhD, 2010) “It’ll Look Good on Your Personal Statement”: A multi-case study of self-marketing amongst 16-19 year olds applying to university, Homerton College, University of Cambridge, UK.

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Stavrou, S. (PhD, 2012) Réforme de L’Université et Transformations Curriculaires: des activités de recontextualisation aux effets sur les savoirs, Department of Sociology, University of Provence, France.

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Roach, G. (PhD, 2016) Critical Thinking in Knowledge Production: Realisations in Masters’ students research essays, University of Nottingham China Campus, Ningbo, China.

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Ojo, E. (PhD, 2016) On Teaching Economics 1: A qualitative case study of a South African university. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Mistri, G. (PhD, 2016) A Social Realist Analysis of participation in Academic Professional Development for the integration of Digital Technologies in Higher Education, Rhodes University, South Africa.

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Millar, V. (PhD, 2012) The Structuring of Knowledge for Interdisciplinary Teaching in Higher Education, University of Melbourne, Australia.

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Maton, K. (PhD, 2005) The Field of Higher Education: A sociology of reproduction, transformation, change and the conditions of emergence for cultural studies, University of Cambridge, UK.

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McPherson, J. (PhD, 2014) Comparing ‘Apples with Apples’: Professional accounting practices in university classroom discourse, Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney, Australia.

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McNamara, M. (EdD, 2008) Of Bedpans and Ivory Towers: The discursive construction of the nursing academic, The Open University, UK.

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Lindstrøm, C. (PhD, 2010) Link Maps and Map Meetings: A theoretical and experimental case for stronger scaffolding in first year university physics education, School of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney, Australia.

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Hollis-Turner, S.L. (EdD, 2015) Educating for Employability in Office Environments, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa.

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Giloi, S. (PhD, 2016) The Knowledge-Knower Structures Used in the Assessment of Graphic Design Practical Work in a Multi-Campus Context, Rhodes University, South Africa.

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Georgiou, H. (PhD, 2014) Doing Positive Work: On student understanding of thermodynamics, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney, Australia

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Gao, L. (EdD, 2007) The Changing Context of Tertiary English Teaching in China and Teachers’ responses to the challenges, Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong, Australia.

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Ellery, K. (PhD, 2016) Epistemological Access in a Science Foundation Course: A social realist perspective, Rhodes University, South Africa.

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Fagan, D. (PhD, 2014) Social Construction of Pedagogical ICT Discourse: The case of a university of technology in South Africa, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

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Doherty, C. (PhD, 2007) The Production of Cultural Difference and Cultural Sameness in Online Internationalised Education, Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

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Conana, H.C. (2015) Using Semantic Profiling to Characterize Pedagogical Practices and Student Learning: A case study in two introductory physics courses, Faculty of Science, University of the Western Cape, South Africa.

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Chen, R. (PhD, 2010) Knowledge and knowers in online learning: Investigating the effects of online flexible learning on student sojourners, Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong, Australia.

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Clarence, S. (PhD, 2014) Enabling Cumulative Learning Through Teaching: A Legitimation Code Theory analysis of pedagogic practice in law and political science, Rhodes University, South Africa.

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Carvalho, L. (PhD, 2010) A Sociology of Informal Learning in/about Design, Faculty of Architecture, Design & Planning, University of Sydney, Australia.

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Burnheim, C. (PhD, 2010) Field and Capital in Universities’ External Relations, Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne, Australia.

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Steyn, D. (Mphil, 2012) Conceptualizing Design Knowledge and its Recontextualization in the Studio Work Component of a Design Found Curriculum, School of Education, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

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Morgan, M. (MA, 2011) A Corpus Based Investigation into the Relationship between Propositional Content and Metadiscourse in Student Essay Writing, University of Nottingham, Ningbo-China campus, China.

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Louw, G. (Mphil, 2010) Conceptualising Differentiated Forms of Knowledge: The Medical (MBChB) Curriculum of the University of Cape Town. School of Education, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

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Kilpert, L. (Mphil, 2010) Kindling Fires: Weighing the potential for cumulative learning in a private higher education Journalism curriculum, University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Enderstein, B. (Mphil, 2015) An Analysis of Curriculum Knowledge in an Introductory Actuarial Science Course, School of Education, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

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Behardien, I. (MPhil, 2014) ‘Who They Are’ or ‘What and How they Know’: An investigation by a fine art lecturer into the basis of her own legitimacy, School of Education, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

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Hood, S. (2010) Appraising Research: Evaluation in academic writing. London: Palgrave.

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Bennett, S. & Maton, K. (2010) Beyond the ‘digital natives’ debate: Towards a more nuanced understanding of students’ technology experiences, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 26(5): 321–331.

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Vorster, J. (2011) Disciplinary shifts in higher education, in Ivinson, G., Davies, B. & Fitz, J. (eds.) Knowledge and Identity: Bernsteinian approaches and applications. London: Routledge.

See full chapter here.
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Chen, R., Maton, K. & Bennett, S. (2011) Absenting discipline: Constructivist approaches in online learning, in Christie, F. & Maton, K. (eds) Disciplinarity: Functional linguistic and sociological perspectives (pp.129–150).  London: Continuum.

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Case, J. M. (2011) Knowledge matters: Interrogating the curriculum debate in engineering using the sociology of knowledge, Journal of Education, 51, 73–92.

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Hood, S. (2012) Voice and stance as appraisal: Persuasing and positioning in research writing across intellectual fields, in K. Hyland & C. Sancho Guinda (eds) Stance and Voice in Written Academic Genres, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

See chapter here.
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Whitcombe, S. W. (2013) Developing skills of problem-based learning: What about specialist knowledge, International Journal of Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning, 5(2): 41–56.

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Shay, S. (2014) Curriculum in higher education: Beyond false choices, in Gibbs, P. & Barnett, R. (eds) Thinking about Higher Education (pp. 141–157). London: Springer.

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Larsen, V. (2014) Changes in knowledge organization and the role of problem based learning, in Zieba, M. & K. Zieba (eds) Innovative approaches to business education – selected issues (pp. 87–102), Denmark: VIA University College Denmark.

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Georgiou, H., Maton, K. & Sharma, M. (2014) Recovering knowledge for science education research: Exploring the ‘Icarus effect’ in student work, Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education, 14(3): 252–268.

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Carvalho, L. & Goodyear, P. (2014) Analysing the structuring of knowledge in learning networks, in Bayne S, Jones C, de Laat M, Ryberg T & Sinclair C. (eds) Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Networked Learning 2014 (pp. 59–66), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh.

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Szenes, E., Tilakaratna, N. & Maton, K. (2015) The knowledge practices of critical thinking, in Davies, M. & Barnett, R. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Thinking in Higher Education (pp. 573–591), London: Palgrave Macmillan.

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Millar, V. (2015) Comparing discipline-based and interdisciplinary knowledge in university education, in P. Vitale & B. Exley (eds) Pedagogic Rights and Democratic Education (pp. 146–160), London: Routledge.

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Dong, A., Maton, K. & Carvalho, L. (2015) The structuring of design knowledge, in Rodgers, P. & Yee, J. (eds) Routledge Companion to Design Research, London: Routledge.

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Wolmarans, N. (2016) Exploring the role of disciplinary knowledge in engineering when learning to design, in Adams, R.S., Buzzanell, P., Siddiqui, J.A. (eds) Analyzing Design Review Conversations, Purdue University Press.

See chapter here.
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Shay, S. & Steyn, D. (2016) Enabling knowledge progression in vocational curricula: Design as a case study, in K. Maton, S. Hood & S. Shay (eds) Knowledge-building: Educational studies in Legitimation Code Theory (pp. 138–157), London: Routledge.

See chapter here.
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Myers, L. P. (2016) An analysis of how students construct knowledge in a course with a hierarchical knowledge structure, South African Journal of Accounting Research, 31 (3), 193–211.

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Pott, R., Wolff, K. & Goosen, N. (2017) Using an informal competitive practice to stimulate links between the theoretical and the practical in fluid mechanics: A case study in non-assessment driven learning approaches, Education for Chemical Engineers, 21: 1–10.

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Ellery, K. (2017) A code theory perspective on science access: Clashes and conflicts, South African Journal of Higher Education, 31(3): 82–98.

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Brooke, M. (2017) Using ‘semantic waves’ to guide students through the research process: From adopting a stance to sound cohesive academic writing, Asian Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 7(1): 37–66.

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Blackie, M. (2017) Semantic waves and pedagogic frailty, in I.M. Kinchin, N.E. Winstone (eds) Pedagogic Frailty and Resilience in the University (pp. 49–61), Rotterdam: Sense Publications.

See full chapter here.
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Rootman-le Grange, I. & Blackie, M. (2018) Assessing assessment: In pursuit of meaningful learning, Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 19: 484–490.

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Mckenna, S., Quinn, L and & Vorster, J. (2018) Mapping the field of Higher Education Research using PhD examination reports, Higher Education Research & Development, 37(3): 579–592.

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Wolff, K. (2017) Throwing the baby out with the bathwater? The role of fundamentals in 21st century engineering education, Global Engineering Education Conference, Athens, Greece, April.

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