Below is the programme for what shall be on Zoom (to participate) and YouTube Live (just to watch).
Here is a downloadable PDF version.
Local LCT groups are holding events that include more intellectual and social activities than we can include online. Get in touch with your local LCT group contact to find out more and become part of a supportive community!
LCT4 Programme
| Session | Sydney time | South Africa time | US Central time | Title | Activities | Hosted by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16:00–17:00 (Jan 18) | 07:00–08:00 (Jan 18) | 23:00–00:00 (Jan 17) | A mindset of possibility: The ways of thinking of LCT | Karl Maton opens LCT4 by discussing a major menace to research and explains how LCT embodies ways of thinking that make the impossible possible. | The LCT Centre |
| 2 | 17:00–19:00 (Jan 18) | 08:00–10:00 (Jan 18) | 00:00–02:00 (Jan 18) | Powerful praxis: Making LCT work in classrooms | LCT is a game-changer for classrooms. With interactive teaching demonstrations, we show you how to use LCT in classrooms and hold an interactive session on its impact on student learning. We focus on: (a) Curriculum design for cumulative learning; (b) Critical reflection in social sciences; (c) Semantic waves in reading; and (d) Building 'resistant' text reading with axiological clusters. | LCT Singapore |
| 3 | 19:00–21:00 (Jan 18) | 10:00–12:00 (Jan 18) | 02:00–04:00 (Jan 18) | Complexity in teacher trainees' work: Analysing data, improving practice | Complexity is a crucial issue for education. We present an innovative translation device for analyzing complexity in teacher trainees' understanding of teaching and discuss its potential for transforming research and practice. | The Nordic Network |
| 4 | 21:00-23:00 (Jan 18) | 12:00-14:00 (Jan 18) | 04:00–06:00 (Jan 18) | Semantic waves in teaching and learning | Semantic waves are critical for achievement in education. We discuss new studies exploring the role of semantic waves in bringing together concepts, teaching sequences, and supporting writing. | The Nordic Network |
| 5 | 23:00–00:00 (Jan 18) | 14:00–15:00 (Jan 18) | 06:00–07:00 (Jan 18) | Pedagogizing LCT and shaping teacher education: "Teacher Choices in Action" | Learn how to pedagogize LCT! 'Teacher Choices in Action' is a course that includes three dimensions of LCT and having huge impact – 44,000 South African trainee teachers have already taken the course. We show you how concepts from LCT have been pedagogized and taught so successfully. | Wits LCT Hub |
| 6 | 00:00–01:00 (Jan 19) | 15:00-16:00 (Jan 18) | 07:00-08:00 (Jan 18) | Putting LCT to work: Seeing complexity in what teachers do | How can you see complexity? A data analysis workshop will engage you in working with a translation device for semantic density, based on the highly successful course. | Wits LCT Hub |
| 7 | 01:00-02:00 (Jan 19) | 16:00-17:00 (Jan 18) | 08:00-09:00 (Jan 18) | Are we educators or trainers? Semantics and professional identities | This interactive session is on the choice we often face between whether we are educating or training. We use Semantics to shed light on this issue and the impact it has on both our knowledge and identities. | LCT UK |
| 8 | 02:00-03:00 (Jan 19) | 17:00-18:00 (Jan 18) | 09:00-10:00 (Jan 18) | Are we free academics or constrained workers? Autonomy and academic freedom | Our academic freedom is under attack. We discuss how Autonomy can help make sense of the competing pressures under which we work and how they are affecting our identities as scholars and educators. | LCT UK |
| 9 | 03:00-04:00 (Jan 19) | 18:00-19:00 (Jan 18) | 10:00-11:00 (Jan 18) | Classroom assessment and assessment of classrooms | Assessment drives education. But how can we create fair and useful formative assessments? In this interactive session, we work together to show how Specialization can help make visible the basis of achievement in different subjects and work towards positive change in assessment. | LCT UK |
| 10 | 04:00-05:00 (Jan 19) | 19:00-20:00 (Jan 18) | 11:00-12:00 (Jan 18) | The "rules of the game": What's in sports images? | Sports are a major aspect of people's lives and an enormous industry. In this session, we run a participatory discussion on images of ‘ideal fans’ and ‘ideal players’ in different sports and contexts, using all aspects of LCT. | LCT UK |
| 11 | 05:00-06:00 (Jan 19) | 20:00-21:00 (Jan 18) | 12:00–13:00 (Jan 18) | Successful and exciting PhDs! | PhD studies take LCT into strange and exciting new worlds! In this video, recent PhD graduates discuss their successful studies. Hear about their research journeys and advice to others. | The LCT Centre & Wits LCT Hub |
| 12 | 06:00–08:00 (Jan 19) | 21:00-23:00 (Jan 18) | 13:00-15:00 (Jan 18) | Making knowledge visible in different research fields | LCT is brilliant at making knowledge practices visible. We discuss in a lively panel how we are using LCT do see into blind spots in fields like science, medicine and education. | LCT Latin America |
| 13 | 08:00-09:00 (Jan 19) | 23:00-00:00 (Jan 18) | 15:00–16:00 (Jan 18) | How to choose which LCT tools to use? | Deciding the right tool for analysis can be tricky. In this workshop, we show how we selected tools for analysis and built translation devices to help our research. | LCT Latin America |
| 14 | 09:00-10:00 (Jan 19) | 00:00-01:00 (Jan 19) | 16:00-17:00 (Jan 18) | Myth-busting about LCT and research | Research (and using LCT) can be subject to all kinds of confusions and myths. Do you need to know all of LCT to use one dimension? Is it best to be a linguist to understand LCT? We will engage you in a lively activity about these and other mind-tickling questions. | LCT Latin America |
| 15 | 10:00-11:00 (Jan 19) | 01:00-02:00 (Jan 19) | 17:00–18:00 (Jan 18) | A mindset of possibility: The ways of thinking of LCT | Karl Maton discusses a major menace to research and how LCT embodies ways of thinking that make the impossible possible. (Recorded, repeated from Session 1) | The LCT Centre |
| 16 | 11:00–13:00 (Jan 19) | 02:00-04:00 (Jan 19) | 18:00-20:00 (Jan 18) | LCT as a 'mindset of possibility' - disrupting dichotomies | Dichotomies of all kinds are obstacles to progress - instruction Vs constructivism, science Vs humanities, qualitative Vs quantitative, etc. In these sessions, we lead discussions of the problems we all face and how LCT can help us move forward. | LCT NSW |
| 17 | 13:00-14:00 (Jan 19) | 04:00-05:00 (Jan 19) | 20:00-21:00 (Jan 18) | LCT as a community is awesome! | LCT is very different to many approaches - it is not only a framework but also a community with a culture. What makes participating in the LCT community so enjoyable? In this heartwarming and engaging session, we share what LCT means to us, our work and our lives. (To be repeated in Session 53). | The LCT Centre & Wits LCT Hub |
| 18 | 14:00-16:00 (Jan 19) | 05:00-07:00 (Jan 19) | 21:00-23:00 (Jan 18) | LCT as a 'mindset of possibility' - how to think differently | What are the ways of thinking that LCT embodies and supports? How are they different to common ways of thinking in the social sciences? In these sessions, we lead activities that help you understand how to get the most from LCT. | LCT NSW |
| 19 | 16:00-16:30 (Jan 19) | 07:00-07:30 (Jan 19) | 23:00-23:30 (Jan 18) | Sharing teaching experiences | We begin by sharing teaching experiences, especially teaching English for academic or specific purposes. Join us to voice your concerns and problems, as a springboard for discussions. | LCT China |
| 20 | 16:30-18:30 (Jan 19) | 07:30–09:30 (Jan 19) | 23:30–01:30 (Jan 18–19) | New liberal arts education in China | There is a call in China for new liberal arts education that emphasise interplay between different disciplines. We use LCT to discuss new research on teaching disciplinary knowledges at the tertiary level. | LCT China |
| 21 | 18:30-20:00 (Jan 19) | 09:30-11:00 (Jan 19) | 01:30-03:00 (Jan 19) | Translation devices for comparing disciplines | In a panel discussion, we explore translation devices to facilitate comparisons of textbooks in: chemistry and linguistics, literary criticism and linguistics, economics and linguistics, and law and linguistics. | LCT China |
| 22 | 20:00-21:00 (Jan 19) | 11:00-12:00 (Jan 19) | 03:00-04:00 (Jan 19) | The world of work, in person and online | We discuss the "dos and don'ts" of, first, preparing teachers for practice and, second, preparing students for ‘industry 4.0’. | LCT CPUT |
| 23 | 21:00-22:00 (Jan 19) | 12:00-13:00 (Jan 19) | 04:00-05:00 (Jan 19) | Preparing students for practice and industry | We discuss the "dos and don'ts" of, first, preparing teachers for practice and, second, preparing students for ‘industry 4.0’. | LCT CPUT |
| 24 | 22:00-23:00 (Jan 19) | 13:00–14:00 (Jan 19) | 05:00-06:00 (Jan 19) | Improving students' employability through work-based learning | In this interactive session, we will use LCT tools together to bridge the gap between the engineering curriculum and workplace practices, engaging with examples and applying lessons to your own contexts. | LCT CPUT |
| 25 | 23:00-00:00 (Jan 19) | 14:00–15:00 (Jan 19) | 06:00–07:00 (Jan 19) | Clinic on challenges in work-integrated learning | We identify problems that we experienced in work and learning studies and what we did to solve them. | LCT CPUT |
| 26 | 00:00-01:00 (Jan 20) | 15:00-16:00 (Jan 19) | 07:00-08:00 (Jan 19) | New insights in science education | Science education is not only more important than ever but also facing enormous challenges. In this engaging session, we discuss how LCT can help grapple with these challenges. | LCT Stellenbosch |
| 27 | 01:00-02:00 (Jan 20) | 16:00-17:00 (Jan 19) | 08:00-09:00 (Jan 19) | New insights in engineering education | Engineers are crucial to society and the economy, but engineering education faces significant obstacles. We discuss challenges in preparing engineers who rely on a knowledge base in the sciences. | LCT Stellenbosch |
| 28 | 02:00–03:00 (Jan 20) | 17:00–18:00 (Jan 19) | 09:00-10:00 (Jan 19) | Bridging the gaps in STEM Education | We discuss how LCT can help to bring together science and engineering education in innovative ways to truly help STEM. | LCT Stellenbosch |
| 29 | 03:00-04:00 (Jan 20) | 18:00-19:00 (Jan 19) | 10:00-11:00 (Jan 19) | LCT goes to the movies! | Have fun, enjoy clips from wonderful movies and learn about LCT, all at the same time! We use LCT to analyse our favourite movies! (Pre-recorded; repeated in Session 38) | Wits LCT Hub |
| 30 | 04:00-06:00 (Jan 20) | 19:00–21:00 (Jan 19) | 11:00–13:00 (Jan 19) | Same object, new questions – How the dimensions of LCT shed different light on issues | The dimensions of LCT raise different sets of questions. This interactive session uses three entertaining video clips to explore how Specialization, Semantics and Autonomy shed different light on what we study. | Wits LCT Hub |
| 31 | 06:00–07:00 (Jan 20) | 21:00-22:00 (Jan 19) | 13:00-14:00 (Jan 19) | Accessing axiologies: Methods for identifying constellations | Constellation analysis is a powerful way to identify and conceptualize values and ideologies present within texts, but how do you identify them? We show three approaches to analyzing constellations and explain how to identify which approach is right for you. | LCT North America |
| 32 | 07:00-08:00 (Jan 20) | 22:00-23:00 (Jan 19) | 14:00-15:00 (Jan 19) | Semantic gravity in the Three Minute Thesis | 'Three-minute theses' are all the rage. They are short presentations given by students on their thesis topic. We share methods for analyzing these presentations and draw out lessons for how students and researchers can present their research in brief. | LCT North America |
| 33 | 08:00–09:00 (Jan 20) | 23:00-00:00 (Jan 19) | 15:00-16:00 (Jan 19) | Learning by doing: LCT for educators | What does a good teacher need to know? We discuss projects on teacher education and classroom that are making this visible and learnable! | LCT North America |
| 34 | 09:00–10:00 (Jan 20) | 00:00-01:00 (Jan 20) | 16:00-17:00 (Jan 19) | Successful and exciting PhDs! | NOT A REPEAT – PhD studies take LCT into strange and exciting new worlds! In this recording, recent successful PhDs discuss their studies. Hear out about their research journeys and advice to others. | The LCT Centre & Wits LCT Hub |
| 35 | 10:00–11:00 (Jan 20) | 01:00-02:00 (Jan 20) | 17:00–18:00 (Jan 19) | Interviewing Karl Maton | A LIVE wide-ranging interview (and bring your own questions too!) with the creator of LCT on life, the universe and everything. | The LCT Centre |
| 36 | 11:00–12:00 (Jan 20) | 02:00-03:00 (Jan 20) | 18:00-19:00 (Jan 19) | Authentic assessment: What it's about? | 'Authenticity' is becoming a watchword in education but what it means and how it can be achieved is unclear. In this panel discussion, we unpack how the notion of authenticity is applied to assessment in higher education. | LCT Queensland |
| 37 | 12:00–14:00 (Jan 20) | 03:00–05:00 (Jan 20) | 19:00-21:00 (Jan 19) | Authentic assessment: Analysing tasks | There is no better way of learning about authenticity than analysing it for real! In parallel workshops, we help you analyse tasks in terms of different dimensions in LCT. The findings are then brought together for an engaging discussion of what authenticity means in practice! | LCT Queensland |
| 38 | 14:00-15:00 (Jan 20) | 05:00-06:00 (Jan 20) | 21:00-22:00 (Jan 19) | LCT goes to the movies! | Have fun, enjoy clips from wonderful movies and learn about LCT, all at the same time! We use LCT to analyse our favourite movies! (Pre-recorded video – repeated from Session 29) | Wits LCT Hub |
| 39 | 15:00–16:30 (Jan 20) | 06:00-07:30 (Jan 20) | 22:00-23:30 (Jan 19) | How to answer questions and push boundaries with LCT! | We discuss how LCT has helped answer research questions in nursing, English for Academic Purposes, critical thinking, student writing, teaching in multilingual classrooms. | LCT Singapore & LCT Japan |
| 40 | 16:30-17:00 (Jan 20) | 07:30-08:00 (Jan 20) | 23:30-00:00 (Jan 19) | Building communities with LCT: where knowledge meets knowing | What kinds of communities can we build through having LCT in common? Join us to discuss who we are as a community of LCT knowers. | LCT Singapore |
| 41 | 17:00–19:00 (Jan 20) | 08:00–10:00 (Jan 20) | 00:00–02:00 (Jan 20) | New LCT books! | Six amazing new LCT books will be launched. In these sessions you get a chance to learn about these brilliant works from the authors and have a chance to walk away with a copy. | The LCT Centre |
| 42 | 19:00-20:00 (Jan 20) | 10:00-11:00 (Jan 20) | 02:00–03:00 (Jan 20) | Learn the magical art of writing LCT papers for non-LCT audiences | This interactive workshop helps you get your work read widely by showing you how to write up your research for publication in journals where readers are not familiar with LCT. (To be recorded live and repeated in Session 50). | Wits LCT Hub |
| 43 | 20:00-21:45 (Jan 20) | 11:00-12:45 (Jan 20) | 03:00-04:45 (Jan 20) | Axiology in action: Tacit but noisy | We look at axiology in music education, doctoral development and tabloid political news. We show how we each have our own ways of trying to get a handle on hidden values. We then hold a free-ranging discussion on the value of axiology in different research. | LCT Makhanda groups |
| 44 | 21:45-23:30 (Jan 20) | 12:45–14:30 (Jan 20) | 04:45-06:30 (Jan 20) | LCT in South African higher education: What's the buzz about? | LCT is changing the face of higher education studies in South Africa! Join this fun panel discussion to find out how this exciting impact is happening and how you can have impact too. | LCT Makhanda groups |
| 45 | 23:30-00:00 (Jan 20) | 14:30-15:00 (Jan 20) | 06:30-07:00 (Jan 20) | Drawing profiles with LCT: A new tool! | Want to draw pretty profiles of your data using LCT concepts? Join us for an interactive demonstration of a new software tool for visualising profiles! | LCT Makhanda groups |
| 46 | 00:00-01:00 (Jan 21) | 15:00-16:00 (Jan 20) | 07:00-08:00 (Jan 20) | Personal journeys with LCT | Each of us are on a different journey with LCT. We discuss our own personal experiences of learning and researching LCT, what we have learned about ideas, the world and ourselves, and the wider lessons that can be drawn from living with a theory. | LCT Durban |
| 47 | 01:00-01:30 (Jan 21) | 16:00-16:30 (Jan 20) | 08:00-08:30 (Jan 20) | LCT in practice and enhancing practice | We discuss different ways in which we are putting LCT into practice to support student success a transitioning to higher education. | LCT Durban |
| 48 | 01:30-02:00 (Jan 21) | 16:30-17:00 (Jan 20) | 08:30-09:00 (Jan 20) | Making LCT sing | We shall embody the multicultural and welcoming spirit of LCT through the power of song, translating key phrases into different languages around the world, and having fun together along the way. | LCT Durban |
| 49 | 02:00-03:00 (Jan 21) | 17:00-18:00 (Jan 20) | 09:00-10:00 (Jan 20) | Disrupt that dichotomy! How LCT moves us beyond 'theory vs practice' | Many fields are paralysed by a 'theory-practice divide'. We discuss how we use LCT concepts to integrate and move between different forms of knowledge in our fields, defying and disrupting this obstacle to building ideas. | Wits LCT Hub |
| 50 | 03:00-04:00 (Jan 21) | 18:00-19:00 (Jan 20) | 10:00-11:00 (Jan 20) | Learn the magical art of writing LCT papers for non-LCT audiences | A recording of the interactive workshop that will help you get your work read widely by showing you how to write up your research for publication in journals where readers are not familiar with LCT. (A recording of Session 42). | Wits LCT Hub |
| 51 | 04:00-05:00 (Jan 21) | 19:00–20:00 (Jan 20) | 11:00–12:00 (Jan 20) | Semantics, science and social justice | We discuss how using Semantics can help us understand science education and work towards social justice and the reduction of inequalities. | LCT Brazil |
| 52 | 05:00-06:00 (Jan 21) | 20:00-21:00 (Jan 20) | 12:00-13:00 (Jan 20) | Interviewing Karl Maton | A wide-ranging interview with the creator of LCT on life, the universe and everything. (Recorded, from Session 35) | The LCT Centre |
| 53 | 06:00–07:00 (Jan 21) | 21:00-22:00 (Jan 20) | 13:00-14:00 (Jan 20) | LCT as a community is awesome! | LCT is very different to many approaches - it is not only a framework but also a community with a culture. What makes participating in the LCT community so enjoyable? In this heartwarming and engaging session, we share what LCT means to us, our work and our lives. | The LCT Centre & Wits LCT Hub |
| 54 | 07:00-08:00 (Jan 21) | 22:00-23:00 (Jan 20) | 14:00-15:00 (Jan 20) | The Great Global LCT quiz | Have fun, let loose your competitive streak and win prizes by testing your knowledge of LCT – concepts, methods and trivia – in our Great Global LCT Quiz! | The LCT Centre & Wits LCT Hub |
| 55 | 08:00–09:00 (Jan 21) | 23:00–00:00 (Jan 20) | 15:00–16:00 (Jan 20) | Moving forward.... | We bring this marathon to a close, discuss the future and share ideas for how we go forward ... join in and make your mark on history! | The LCT Centre & Wits LCT Hub |