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

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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

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Informal constitutional change: towards a South African theory of unconstitutional constitutional change by Mafora, Dan

“…Drawing on work in constitutional theory, I explore whether such change can be legitimate outside of the scope of formal constitutional amendment and develop a framework for its identification. …”
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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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Negotiating disciplinary boundaries in engineering problem-solving practice by Wolff, Karin Elizabeth

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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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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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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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Triggers, transitions, and trip decisions from 1976 to 2019: why utility cyclists in Cape Town choose to ‘ditch their cars’, and why bicycle advocacy says they should by Jennings, Gail

“…The research then compares these motivations to the arguments engaged in the advocacy discourse (media, speeches, official policy, civil society activism, letters to the press) regarding the value of bicycle transport and why individuals ‘should’ adopt this mode. Analysis was underpinned by theories of individual behaviour change, including Triandis’ Theory of Interpersonal Behaviour, and Ajzen’s Theory of Planned Behaviour. …”
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Perceiving Hysteria: Representations of the Liminal Position of Fibromyalgia in Unconventional Women’s Narratives by Alhadeff, Lara

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The impact of authoritarian systems on the rise of transnational Islamist movements: Egypt, Saudi Arabia & the path to Al Qaeda by El-Bakry, Rehab

“…These actions include the need for expanding authoritarian political theory to allow for the analysis of these new movements and to predict their future activities. …”
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