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Record Nr.

UNINA9910213826903321

Titolo

Innovative approaches to teaching technical communication / / edited by Tracy Bridgeford, Karla Saari Kitalong, Dickie Selfe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Logan, : Utah State University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-283-26714-4

9786613267146

0-87421-492-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BridgefordTracy <1960->

KitalongKarla Saari <1952->

SelfeDickie <1951->

Disciplina

601/.4

Soggetti

Communication of technical information - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [336]-351) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION Innovative Approaches to Teaching Technical Communication; PART ONE Pedagogical Perspectives; PART TWO Pedagogical Practices; PART THREE Pedagogical Partnerships; ENDNOTES; REFERENCES; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Programs in technical writing, technical communication, and/or professional communication have recently grown in enrollment as the demand among employers for formally prepared technical writers and editors has grown. In response, scholarly treatments of the subject and the teaching of technical writing are also burgeoning, and the body of research and theory being published in this field is many times larger and more accessible than it was even a decade ago. Although many theoretical and disciplinary perspectives can potentially inform technical communication teaching, administr