Turning Access into Success Improving University Education with Legitimation Code Theory Legitimation Code Theory Series

Teaching is crucial for supporting students? chances of success in higher education, yet often makes limited use of theory to foster contextualized, systemic understandings of access and success. Theorized yet practical ways of empowering university educators are needed to develop their practices and turn access into success for their students. This book harnesses Legitimation Code Theory ?LCT? to inspire university educators to understand, reimagine and create socially just teaching and learning practices. Chapters bring this powerful theory to bear on real-world examples of curriculum design, inclusive practices, cumulative learning, assessment practices, and reflection. Each chapter guides the reader through these cutting-edge ideas, illustrates how they can make real differences in practice, and sets out ways of thinking that educators integrate those ideas into practice. The outcomes will help students access the powerful knowledge and ways of knowing they need for success in higher education.

Chapter 1: Context is key: Laying the foundations for ‘better’ teaching and learning practices Chapter 2: Creating a responsive curriculum: Specializing knowledge and knowers for success. Chapter 3: Can we change the university? Critiquing exclusion in the curriculum. Chapter 4: Enabling cumulative learning: Teaching students to surf waves of meaning. Chapter 5: ‘Show me what you’ve learned’: Guiding cumulative assessment practice. Chapter 6: Learning through reflection: Sustainable feedback and evaluation practices. Chapter 7: Afterword: From access to success

Sherran Clarence is a Research Associate in the Centre for Research, Teaching and Learning (CHERTL) at Rhodes University, South Africa. Her research and practice focus on academic staff and student development in the areas of literacies, academic writing, doctoral knowing and becoming, and teaching and learning development in higher education.