Record Nr.

UNINA9910456359003321

Autore

Dias Patrick

Titolo

Worlds Apart [[electronic resource] ] : Acting and Writing in Academic and Workplace Contexts

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 1999

ISBN

1-4106-0233-8

1-282-32581-7

9786612325816

0-585-11485-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Collana

Rhetoric, Knowledge, and Society Series

Altri autori (Persone)

FreedmanAviva

MedwayPeter

Disciplina

808

808.066

Soggetti

Academic writing

Academic writing - Study and teaching

Business writing

Business writing - Study and teaching

English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching

English language

Technical writing

Technical writing - Study and teaching

English language - Study and teaching - Rhetoric

English Language

English

Languages & Literatures

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION; PREFACE; I INTRODUCTION; 1 INTRODUCTION: RESEARCHING WRITING AT SCHOOL AND AT WORK; 2 SITUATING WRITING; II UNIVERSITY WRITING; 3 THE SOCIAL MOTIVE OF UNIVERSITY

WRITING; 4 COMPLICATIONS AND TENSIONS; 5 WRITING AND THE FORMATION OF THE ARCHITECT; III WORKPLACE WRITING; 6 THE COMPLEXITY OF SOCIAL MOTIVE IN WORKPLACE WRITING; 7 DISTRIBUTED COGNITION AT WORK; 8 FROM WORDS TO BRICKS: WRITING IN AN ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE; IV TRANSITIONS; 9 STUDENTS AND WORKERS LEARNING

10 VIRTUAL REALITIES: TRANSITIONS FROM UNIVERSITY TO WORKPLACE WRITING11 CONTEXTS FOR WRITING: UNIVERSITY AND WORK COMPARED; REFERENCES; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Worlds Apart: Acting and Writing in Academic and Workplace Contexts offers a unique examination of writing as it is applied and used in academic and workplace settings. Based on a 7-year multi-site comparative study of writing in different university courses and matched workplaces, this volume presents new perspectives on how writing functions within the activities of various disciplines: law and public administration courses and government institutions; management courses and financial institutions; social-work courses and social-work agencies; and architecture courses and architecture