Enhancing Science Education: Exploring Knowledge Practices with Legitimation Code Theory

This book helps meet an urgent need for theorized, accessible and discipline-sensitive publications to assist science, technology, engineering and mathematics educators. The book introduces Legitimation Code Theory (LCT) and demonstrates how it can be used to improve teaching and learning in tertiary courses across the sciences. LCT provides a suite of tools which science educators can employ in order to help their students grasp difficult and dense concepts. The chapters cover a broad range of subjects, including biology, physics, chemistry and mathematics, as well as different curriculum, pedagogy and assessment practices. This is a crucial resource for any science educator who wants to better understand and improve their teaching.

Margaret A.L. Blackie is Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

Hanelie Adendorff is Senior Advisor, Faculty of Science, Centre for Teaching and Learning, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

Marnel Mouton is Senior Lecturer, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.