Legitimation Code Theory (LCT)

Summary

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Karl Maton is the creator of Legitimation Code Theory (LCT), which is being widely used to shape research and practice in education, sociology and linguistics. LCT is now an international and multidisciplinary community, with named research centres, over 25 research groups, a dedicated book series with Routledge, and regular conferences. LCT is having massive impact on education, such as forming a key part of the professional training of over 50,000 trainee teachers in South Africa since 2021.

For more on LCT, see www.legitimationcodetheory.com

Supervisor

Professor Karl Maton.

Research location

Sociology and Criminology, School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPS)

Synopsis

Supervision

Karl has recently conducted or supervised major projects on:

subjects from across the disciplinary map, from physics to ballet, from biology to jazz
knowledge-building in school and university classrooms
issues from across the institutional levels of education, from pre-school, through primary, secondary, further education (such as TAFE) and higher education
the use of digital technologies in pedagogy and research
issues of knowledge beyond education, such as climate change understanding, politics in the media, culture in the armed forces, the creation of the Chilean constitution, etc

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Opportunity ID

The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is 3248