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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Karl Maton will send his author copies of “Sociology of Possibility” to any research students from the Global South who email him, while stocks last.

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The new LCT website is now LIVE! www.legitimationcodetheory.com Check it out! It’s best on a computer rather than phone! We all owe Bruce Kassover a great debt. He’s the talent who crafted the website. Thanks also to all those who crash-tested the site and suggested changes.

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

You say that everything reads the same / Then you go buy them / There’s no excuses, my friend / Let’s push things forward (The Streets)

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

First ever introduction to LCT. Now available to order (25% off): www.routledge.com/Sociology-of...

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Linguist with Attitude @lingitude.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Our special issue Exploring Knowledge Building in classrooms: Combining discursive methods & Legitimation Code Theory is out! I've 2 open access pubs in it. That's 5 pubs this year. No wonder I was a mess at the end of last year. Classroom Discourse: Vol 17, No 2 www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcdi20/1...

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Classroom Discourse

Exploring knowledge-building in classrooms: combining discursive methods and Legitimation Code Theory. Volume 17, Issue 2 of Classroom Discourse

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Teaching in Higher Education @teachinginhe.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

New publication alert! 🚨 Bridging theory and practice: what Legitimation Code Theory brings to the academic literacies approach By Kirstin Wilmot www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #HigherEducation #AcademicLiteracies

A screenshot of the first page of the article from the journal Teaching in Higher Education: Critical Perspectives titled: Bridging theory and practice: what Legitimation Code Theory brings to the academic literacies approach by Kirstin Wilmot. The screenshot includes the abstract of the article (available via the link).

A screenshot of the cover of the journal Teaching in Higher Education: Critical Perspectives. The cover is red with a black band on the edge.

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Semantic waves is from LCT, should anyone be curious about all the research behind it!

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

This is LCT, for anyone interested in learning more.

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Karl sends his apologies for K&K - it Isn’t an intro. But Sociology of Possibility is a proper introduction. Out in August.

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Extended deadline! The submission link for LCT6 abstracts will stay open until Monday 8 June. See: www.lctconferences.com

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LCT Conferences

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

We’re very pleased to share that the Wits LCT Hub, the dedicated LCT research centre at Wits University, South Africa, has been renewed for another five years.The Hub is a dynamic and supportive intellectual community under the leadership of Prof Lee Rusznyak.

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Order "Sociology of Possibility" for your library. The more sold, the greater risks we can take with the book series, from which we all benefit as authors and readers. Author: Karl Maton Title: Sociology of Possibility Publisher Routledge ISBN10: 0367765322 ISBN13: 978-0367765323

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Without sociology, Florida’s state universities cannot lay claim to that title. They’re no longer universities.

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

LCT6, 23–27 Nov 2026, is completely FREE of registration. Conference website: lctconferences.com We’ve secured a special conference package at the lovely Sunnyside Park Hotel, including dinner, bed and breakfast. Early abstract deadline: 27 March Final abstract deadline: 29 May

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LCT Conferences

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Computer Science for Fun (CS4FN) @cs4fn.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

The friendliest, most supportive conference Ive ever been to...so worth submitting an abstract if you are using LCT

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

"Sociology of Possibility: An Invitation to Legitimation Code Theory" by Karl Maton has been sent to the publisher. This weighty tome of 120,000 words and many dozens of Figures will be out in about October. We shall share more information when we have it.

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

After requests, a second 'early' deadline has been given: 27 March

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Victoria Crooks @victoriacrooks.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

🚨NEW BLOG🚨 Struggling with lesson PITCH? Jointly written with @apf102.bsky.social, this blog explores an approach we've used with #ITT beginning #teachers to examine the PITCH of their lessons through thinking about sequencing of knowledge. uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2025/11/25/s...

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Surfing the ‘Semantic Wave’: Helping beginning teachers to think about tackling the ‘pitch’ of their lesson

This blog is jointly authored by Victoria Crooks and Alex Ford. Check out to read more blogs from Alex. Photo by Vladimir Kudinov on Pexels.com Matthew is a fab beginning teacher. He is highl…

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

LCT conferences ARE the best. Everything is carefully designed to make it a total experience. The first Call for Papers is now out for LCT6 in Nov 2026! #LCT6

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Exciting to see the first Latin American LCT conference!

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Last LCT Centre Online Roundtable of 2025: 30 Oct, 8am UK, 10am South Africa, 7pm Sydney How does feedback work? Using Semantics to make writing support visible Andrew Scott Zoom link from: lctcentreglobal@gmail.com

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

The “University of Virginia” is no longer recognised by the LCT Centre as a university after selling academic freedom to an authoritarian.

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

The LCT Centre says: No Kings. LCT is empowering, so against authoritarianism.

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Next LCT Centre Online Roundtable: 30 October 2025, 8am UK, 10am South Africa, 7pm Sydney How does feedback work? Using Semantics to make writing support visible Andrew Scott Email: lctcentreglobal@gmail.com

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Next LCT Online Roundtable: Carol Bertram Workplace transitions: Using Semantics to map the knowledge practices of novice teachers Thursday 16 Oct at 9am UK / 10am South Africa / 7pm Sydney Zoom link: lctcentreglobal@gmail.com #LCTheory

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Next LCT Online Roundtable: "Turning practitioners into pedagogues with constellations" – Marcus Medeiros. Thursday 2 October at 9am UK / 10am South Africa / 6pm Sydney . Email lctcentreglobal@gmail.com for Zoom link or join the email forum (see LCT website).

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Computer Science for Fun (CS4FN) @cs4fn.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Today I presented 2 posters on new strands of work using Maton's LCT @lctcentre.bsky.social at #UKICER2025. The first was on the problem of ensuring students understand the 'rules of the game' in learning to program are (code quality matters) using the epistemic plane. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

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Foregrounding the `Rules’ of Learning to Program with the LCT Epistemic Plane | Proceedings of the 2025 Conference on UK and Ireland Computing Education Research

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Computer Science for Fun (CS4FN) @cs4fn.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

My 2nd new strand of work using Maton's LCT @lctcentre.bsky.social presented at #UKICER2025 on the problem of teaching skills (graduate, workplace, practical) with theory, visualising using the semantic plane, suggests should integrate with waves between theory and skills dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

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Using the LCT Semantic Plane to Reflect on Teaching Programming | Proceedings of the 2025 Conference on UK and Ireland Computing Education Research

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Next LCT Online Roundtable: 4 Sept, 9am UK, 10am South Africa, 6pm Sydney Exploring Semantic Pathways: How students sharing can promote knowledge building – Daniel Portman and Orly Haim For Zoom link and password, email: lctcentreglobal@gmail.com or join the email forum: www.freelists.org/list/lct

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FreeLists / LCT

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Ian Kinchin @profiankinchin.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Designing learning paths using semantic waves. An interesting paper about the relationship between theory and practice in chemistry education doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.5c00594 😊

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

The LCT Centre no longer recognises “Columbia University” as a university, because it has forfeited its institutional autonomy to become an arm of the US Justice Dept.

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Computer Science for Fun (CS4FN) @cs4fn.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

After reading an intro like this it's also worth reading the original paper by Karl Maton that introduces Semantic Waves legitimationcodetheory.com/wordpress/wp... which is where I first found out about it and realised how well it helped me teach computing especially unplugged and using metaphors.

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Check out the very exciting first ever LCT conference for Latin America! Website here: sites.google.com/utp.edu.co/l...

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Primer Encuentro Latinoamericano LCT 2025

Bienvenidos al Primer Encuentro Latinoamericano LCT 2025

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Didn’t Douglas Adams have the character Ford Prefect (who names himself after a car) think this decades ago?

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Computer Science for Fun (CS4FN) @cs4fn.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Yesterday I was having fun working with #DigitalSchoolhouse Lead Teachers demonstrating unplugged computing and talking about principles of doing it well based on research on @lctcentre.bsky.social Legitimation Code Theory Semantics and Autonomy... (teaching with Magic, Making Faces and Mayhem)

Three pictures from the session of making a robotic face from volunteers programmed to react to sounds and doing magic.

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Computer Science for Fun (CS4FN) @cs4fn.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Big Book of Computing Pedagogy: lots of good pedagogy includes @lctcentre.bsky.social semantic waves (one thing I talked about at the #PlayfulComputingConference) Also talks about unplugged computing, and Playful computing and more www.raspberrypi.org/hello-world/... @raspberrypiorg.bsky.social

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Issue the-big-book-of-computing-pedagogy | Hello World | Raspberry Pi Foundation

The Big Book of Computing Pedagogy

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 17/06/2025

These parents waited all day as rescuers dug through the rubble after the Russian strike in Kyiv. Their son’s body was just found.

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

LAST of season 1! – LCT Online Roundtable: Tues 3 June (9am UK, 10am S Africa, 6pm Sydney) What shapes students’ understanding of critical thinking? An axiological cosmologies analysis of student texts, and educational discourses – Laetitia Monbec Zoom - link from lctcentreglobal@gmail.com

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Que emocionante! A primeira Conferência LCT Latino-Americana!

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

¡Qué emocionante! ¡La primera Conferencia Latinoamericana de LCT!

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

How exciting! The very first Latin American LCT Conference!

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The LCT Centre @lctcentre.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Next LCT talk!! Tues 27 May at 9am UK / 10am S Africa / 6pm Sydney. "Reflection for reflection’s sake or for knowledge-building? Using LCT semantic waves at all levels of designing and teaching a course" - Nóra Wünsch-Nagy Email: lctcentreglobal@gmail.com for zoom link

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