Innovative Approaches to Teaching Technical Communication

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Innovative Approaches to Teaching Technical Communication

Edited by: Tracy Bridgeford , Karla Saari Kitalong and Dickie Selfe
Funded by: This book is freely available in digital formats through the Utah State University Library Digital Commons.

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2004

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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, administration, and curriculum development, the actual influences on the field's canonical texts have traditionally come from a rather limited range of disciplines. Innovative Approaches to Teaching Technical Communication brings together a wide range of scholars/teachers to expand the existing canon.

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Literary Studies Literary Studies, general

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Front Matter
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Contents
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Introduction
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Tracy Bridgeford, Karla Saari Kitalong and Dickie Selfe

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Part One Pedagogical Perspectives
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1 The Status Of Service In Learning
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James Dubinsky

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2 Breaking Viewing Habits
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Sam Racine and Denise Dilworth

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3 Bilingual Professional Writing
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Elaine Fredericksen

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4 Discipline-Specific Instruction In Technical Communication
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W. J. Williamson and Philip Sweany

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5 Technical Writing, Service Learning, And A Rearticulation Of Research, Teaching, And Service
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Jeffrey T. Grabill

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6 Not E S Toward A “Reflective Instrumentalism”
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Kathleen Yancey, Sean Williams, Barbara Heifferon, Susan Hilligoss, Tharon Howard, Martin Jacobi, Art Young, Mark Charney, Chris Boese, Beth Daniell, Carl Lovitt and Bernadette Longo

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Part Two Pedagogical Practices
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7 Story Time
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Tracy Bridgeford

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8 Hypermediating The Resume
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James Kalmbach

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9 Using Role-Plays To Teach Technical Communication
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Barry Batorsky and Laura Renick-Butera

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10 Who Are The Users?
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Karla Saari Kitalong

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11 What’s Up, Doc?
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Michael J. Zerbe

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12 Collaborating With Students
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Dickie Selfe

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Part Three Pedagogical Partnerships
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13 A Pedagogical Framework For Faculty-Student Research And Public Service In Technical Communication
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Brad Mehlenbacher and R. Stanley Dicks

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14 At The Nexus Of Theory And Practice
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Craig Hansen

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15 (Re)Connecting Theory And Practice
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Christine Abbott

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16 Making Connections In Secondary Education
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Annmarie Guzy and Laura A. Sullivan

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17 Ongoing Research And Responsive Curricula In The Two-Year College
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Gary Bays

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18 Extreme Pedagogies
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Billie Wahlstrom

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Endnotes
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References
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Contributors
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Index
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January 1, 2004

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9780874214925

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360

https://doi.org/10.7330/9780874214925

eBook ISBN: 9780874214925

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Innovative Approaches to Teaching Technical Communication

Overview

About this book

Topics

Table of contents

Front Matter

Contents

Introduction

1 The Status Of Service In Learning

2 Breaking Viewing Habits

3 Bilingual Professional Writing

4 Discipline-Specific Instruction In Technical Communication

5 Technical Writing, Service Learning, And A Rearticulation Of Research, Teaching, And Service

6 Not E S Toward A “Reflective Instrumentalism”

7 Story Time

8 Hypermediating The Resume

9 Using Role-Plays To Teach Technical Communication

10 Who Are The Users?

11 What’s Up, Doc?

12 Collaborating With Students

13 A Pedagogical Framework For Faculty-Student Research And Public Service In Technical Communication

14 At The Nexus Of Theory And Practice

15 (Re)Connecting Theory And Practice

16 Making Connections In Secondary Education

17 Ongoing Research And Responsive Curricula In The Two-Year College

18 Extreme Pedagogies

Endnotes

References

Contributors

Index

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