Learning specialist or learning developer... what's in a name?
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26473/ATLAANZ.2025.2/018Abstract
Roshila Singh traces a professional journey in student learning across different contexts, highlighting how growing awareness of academic literacies and EMI reshaped her understanding of learning support as empowering all students to transition into academic language rather than remediating perceived language deficits.References
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