The relationship between specialised techniques and their application in practical assessments in a professionally orientated higher education programme in South Africa by Pike, Jonathan

Subjects: “…Legitimation Code Theory…”
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Knowledge in Accounting: Using a threshold concept lens to identify knowledge of financial instruments in an Accounting course, as experienced by students at a South African univer... by Bardien, Mariam

Subjects: “…Legitimation Code Theory…”
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Language and legitimation of the intended and lived curriculum in public service leadership development

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A grounded theory study exploring the participation of persons with disabilities in the Saudi Arabian culture by Misbach, Sadia

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Die grondslag van kontraktuele gebondenheid by Olivier, Pierre J. J.

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The activist planning, transformation and complexity nexus : implications for the Atlantis Revitalisation Framework of 2012 by Manguwo, Liveson

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An integrative approach to the development of expertise in higher education: an inquiry into the curriculum of a professional master's degree programme by Bester, Marianne

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Conceptualising differentiated forms of knowledge : the Medical (MBChB) curriculum of the University of Cape Town by Louw, Graham

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Who they are' or 'What and how they know' : an investigation by a fine art lecturer into the basis of her own legitimacy by Behardien, Ilhaam

“…I examine how students wrestle and engage and are being engaged by myself and other lecturers in different ways in the establishment of their own identity and gaze and whether this engagement is enabling certain knowers to develop a more powerful artistic identity or gaze for achievement in the field than others. These discourses are coded using the organising principles of Legitimation Code Theory. …”
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By which tools?: A critical comparative analysis of pedagogic discourse for the creative arts in formal and informal classrooms in a working class post-apartheid context by Mokou, Goitsione

“…The interview data were coded using Maton's development of Bernstein's code theory, namely Legitimation Code Theory (Specialisation) using epistemic and social relations, to allow me to capture the values and intentions of the pedagogues (the intended curriculum). …”
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Negotiating disciplinary boundaries in engineering problem-solving practice by Wolff, Karin Elizabeth

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Fine arts alumni reflections on curriculum and coursework in relation to global arts education: a social realist case study by Pather, Melvin

“…Archer's Morphogenetic theory and Maton's Legitimation Code Theory is used as theoretical frameworks to elaborate on the curriculum experiences, the coursework changes and progression of the Fine Art department over a timeline of the last decade (2012 – 2022). …”
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Securitization : the case of post-9/11 United States Africa policy by Walker, Robin E

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Writer performance ranges on the NBT Academic Literacy Test: an analysis through a Semantics lens by Msusa, Naomi

“…Karl Maton argues that Legitimation Code Theory (LCT) not only allows knowledge practices to be seen and analysed; it also brings them into relation with the analysis of students themselves. …”
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Integrity, Researcher Identity, and Islands: An interpretive approach to exploring individual and disciplinary values through creative metaphors by Saner, Paula

“…Data artefacts were analysed abductively and iteratively using the interpretive tools provided by the domain of specialisation in the Legitimation Code Theory toolkit. This iterative process resulted in a translation device developed specifically for this data. …”
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The nature of professional reasoning: An analysis of design in the engineering curriculum by Wolmarans, Nicolette Sarah

“…The analysis was done using the semantics dimension of Legitimation Code Theory, LCT (Semantics), which required an adaptation in order to fully describe the significance of contextual detail evident in the data. …”
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The epistemic properties in a typical engineering science course and its relation to student success: a case study by Awodele, Williams Abayomi

“…The data generated from the interviews were analysed using the theoretical concept of semantics (semantic gravity and semantic density) which is one of the dimensions of Legitimation Code Theory (LCT) developed by Karl Maton. …”
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An analysis of how knowledge is differentiated in a vocationally based curriculum for a new profession by Halliday, Linda

“…The analysis calls upon Maton’s (2000) Legitimation Code Theory (LCT), specifically LCT Semantics, to explore meanings in curriculum texts in order to identify different types of knowledge. …”
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An analysis of curriculum knowledge in an introductory actuarial science course by Enderstein, Belinda

“…Karl Maton's Legitimation Code Theory and in particular the identification of specialisation codes on the basis of epistemic and social relation s affords the potential of understanding the key principles by which this knowledge form is legitimated. …”
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