1st Edition
Building Knowledge in Higher Education Enhancing Teaching and Learning with Legitimation Code Theory
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Chapter 1. ‘Nothing So Practical as Good Theory’: Legitimation Code Theory in Higher Education
Christine Winberg, Sioux Mckenna and Kirstin Wilmot
Part I: Student Learning Across the Disciplinary Map
Chapter 2. Demystifying Reflective Writing in Teacher Education with Semantic Gravity
Lucy Macnaught
Chapter 3. Making Waves in Teacher Education: Scaffolding Students’ Disciplinary Understandings by ‘Doing’ Analysis
Anna-Vera Meidell Sigsgaard
Chapter 4. New Assessment Forms in Higher Education: A Study of Student Generated Digital Media Products in The Health Sciences
Helen Georgiou and Wendy Nielsen
Chapter 5. Misalignments in Assessments: Using Semantics to Reveal Weaknesses
Ilse Rootman-Le Grange and Margaret A.L. Blackie
Chapter 6. Supporting the Academic Success of Students Through Making Knowledge-Building Visible
Lee Rusznyak
Chapter 7. (Un)Critical Reflection: Uncovering Disciplinary Values in Social Work and Business Reflective Writing Assignments
Namala Tilakaratna and Eszter Szenes
Chapter 8. Learning How to Theorize in Doctoral Writing: A Tool for Teaching and Learning
Kirstin Wilmot
Part II: Professional Learning in Higher Education
Chapter 9. Changing Curriculum and Teaching Practice: A Practical Theory for Academic Staff Development
Sherran Clarence and Martina Van Heerden
Chapter 10. A Semantics Analysis of First Year Physics Teaching: Developing Students’ Use of Representations in Problem-Solving
Honjiswa Conana, Delia Marshall and Jennifer Case
Chapter 11. From Principle to Practice: Enabling Theory-Practice Bridging in Engineering Education
Karin Wolff
Chapter 12. Building the Knowledge Base of Blended Learning: Implications for Educational Technology and Academic Development
J. P. Bosman and Sonja Strydom
Chapter 13. Legitimate Participation in Program Renewal: The Role of Academic Development Units
Gert Young and Cecilia Jacobs
Chapter 14. Decolonizing the Science Curriculum: When Good Intentions are Not Enough
Hanelie Adendorff and Margaret A.L. Blackie
Chapter 15. The Role of Assessment in Preparing Academic Developers for Professional Practice
Lynn Quinn
Chapter 16. Academic Development: Autonomy Pathways Towards Gaining Legitimacy
Jo-Anne Vorster
Biography
Christine Winberg is a leading scholar in work-integrated learning, in which she holds a South African Research Chair.
Sioux McKenna is a renowned scholar in higher education studies.
Kirstin Wilmot is an emerging scholar in the field of doctoral education.
All three are associate members of the LCT Centre for Knowledge-Building.
