White and Dhillon take a critical stance on the application of academic literacies to learning development, emphasising a noted tension in discussions of academic literacies about its practical applicability to learning development. Their approach discusses the theoretical underpinning of social constructivism in academic literacies as conflicting with the individual, student-centred orientation of learning development. They posit the need to extend beyond academic literacies as a key theoretical approach for learning development.
Association for Learning Development in Higher Education