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Teaching Professional and Technical Communication

Author : Tracy Bridgeford
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1607326809
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Teaching Professional and Technical Communication written by Tracy Bridgeford and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2018-09-21 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching Professional and Technical Communication guides new instructors in teaching professional and technical communication (PTC). The essays in this volume provide theoretical and applied discussions about the teaching of this diverse subject, including relevant pedagogical approaches, how to apply practical aspects of PTC theory, and how to design assignments. This practicum features chapters by prominent PTC scholars and teachers on rhetoric, style, ethics, design, usability, genre, and other central concerns of PTC programs. Each chapter includes a scenario or personal narrative of teaching a particular topic, provides a theoretical basis for interpreting the narrative, illustrates the practical aspects of the approach, describes relevant assignments, and presents a list of questions to prompt pedagogical discussions. Teaching Professional and Technical Communication is not a compendium of best practices but instead offers a practical collection of rich, detailed narratives that show inexperienced PTC instructors how to work most effectively in the classroom. Contributors: Pam Estes Brewer, Eva Brumberger, Dave Clark, Paul Dombrowski, James M. Dubinsky, Peter S. England, David K. Farkas, Brent Henze, Tharon W. Howard, Dan Jones, Karla Saari Kitalong, Traci Nathans-Kelly, Christine G. Nicometo, Kirk St.Amant

Critical Power Tools

Author : J. Blake Scott
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 0791481662
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Critical Power Tools written by J. Blake Scott and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2007 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Award for Best Collection of Essays on Technical and Scientific Communication The first book to focus on the intersection of cultural studies and technical communication, Critical Power Tools draws on various traditions of cultural studies to develop new or expanded theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical approaches to technical communication. Offered as a sourcebook for the field, the book is organized into three parts. The first section, emphasizing theory building, reconceptualizes key concepts or practices, such as usability, through a cultural studies lens. The second section illustrates alternative research methods through several case studies. The third section offers critical and productive pedagogical approaches, including specific assignments, applicable to both undergraduate and graduate courses.

The Profession and Practice of Technical Communication

Author : Yvonne Cleary
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000407349
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Profession and Practice of Technical Communication written by Yvonne Cleary and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-30 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical text offers a research-based account of the technical communication profession and its practice, outlining emergent touchpoints of this fast-changing field while highlighting its diversity. Through research on the history and the globalization of technical communication and up-to-date industry analysis, including first-hand narratives from industry practitioners, this book brings together common threads through the industry, suggests future trends, and points toward strategic routes for development. Vignettes from the workplace and examples of industry practice provide tangible insights into the different paths and realities of the field, furnishing readers with a range of entry routes and potential career sectors, workplace communities, daily activities, and futures. This approach is central to helping readers understand the diverse competencies of technical communicators in the modern, globalized economy. The Profession and Practice of Technical Communication provides essential guidance for students, early professionals, and lateral entrants to the profession and can be used as a textbook for technical communication courses.

A Research Primer for Technical Communication

Author : George F Hayhoe
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113559550X
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book A Research Primer for Technical Communication written by George F Hayhoe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-03-04 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical volume provides a thorough introduction to conducting and critically reading research in technical communication, complete with exemplars of research articles for study. Offering a solid grounding in the research underpinnings of the technical communication field, this resource has been developed for use in master’s level and upper-division undergraduate research methods courses in technical and professional communication.

Solving Problems in Technical Communication

Author : Johndan Johnson-Eilola
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226924084
Total Pages : 531 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (269 download)

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Book Synopsis Solving Problems in Technical Communication by : Johndan Johnson-Eilola

Download or read book Solving Problems in Technical Communication written by Johndan Johnson-Eilola and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-12-26 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of technical communication is rapidly expanding in both the academic world and the private sector, yet a problematic divide remains between theory and practice. Here Stuart A. Selber and Johndan Johnson-Eilola, both respected scholars and teachers of technical communication, effectively bridge that gap. Solving Problems in Technical Communication collects the latest research and theory in the field and applies it to real-world problems faced by practitioners—problems involving ethics, intercultural communication, new media, and other areas that determine the boundaries of the discipline. The book is structured in four parts, offering an overview of the field, situating it historically and culturally, reviewing various theoretical approaches to technical communication, and examining how the field can be advanced by drawing on diverse perspectives. Timely, informed, and practical, Solving Problems in Technical Communication will be an essential tool for undergraduates and graduate students as they begin the transition from classroom to career.

Innovative Approaches to Teaching Technical Communication

Author : Tracy Bridgeford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Innovative Approaches to Teaching Technical Communication written by Tracy Bridgeford and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Key Theoretical Frameworks

Author : Angela M. Haas
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1607327589
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Key Theoretical Frameworks written by Angela M. Haas and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2018-10-17 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on social justice methodologies and cultural studies scholarship, Key Theoretical Frameworks offers new curricular and pedagogical approaches to teaching technical communication. Including original essays by emerging and established scholars, the volume educates students, teachers, and practitioners on identifying and assessing issues of social justice and globalization. The collection provides a valuable resource for teachers new to translating social justice theories to the classroom by presenting concrete examples related to technical communication. Each contribution adopts a particular theoretical approach, explains the theory, situates it within disciplinary scholarship, contextualizes the approach from the author’s experience, and offers additional teaching applications. The first volume of its kind, Key Theoretical Frameworks links the theoretical with the pedagogical in order to articulate, use, and assess social justice frameworks for designing and teaching courses in technical communication. Contributors: Godwin Y. Agboka, Matthew Cox, Marcos Del Hierro, Jessica Edwards, Erin A. Frost, Elise Verzosa Hurley, Natasha N. Jones, Cruz Medina, Marie E. Moeller, Kristen R. Moore, Donnie Johnson Sackey, Gerald Savage, J. Blake Scott, Barbi Smyser-Fauble, Kenneth Walker, Rebecca Walton

Three Keys to the Past

Author : Teresa Kynell
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Three Keys to the Past written by Teresa Kynell and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1999-02-17 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an emphasis on key individuals and key movements, this book is the first attempt to provide a collection of critical essays on the history of technical communication designed to help guide future research. This collection consists of the classic; essays in the field that have made a major contribution to the development of the field, and the new; essays that contribute to our historical understanding of a specific element or period of technical communication. This, combined with an up-to-date bibliography of research in the area, make Three Keys to the Past as valuable to the experienced researcher in the field as to those just entering it.

User-Centered Technology

Author : Robert R. Johnson
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791439319
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (393 download)

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Download or read book User-Centered Technology written by Robert R. Johnson and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a theoretical model for examining technology through a user perspective.

Effective Teaching of Technical Communication

Author : Michael J. Klein
Publisher : CSU Open Press
ISBN 13 : 9781646421893
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Effective Teaching of Technical Communication written by Michael J. Klein and published by CSU Open Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Effective Teaching of Technical Communication broadens our understanding of current effective teaching and pedagogical methods by facilitating a discussion of important and innovative theories, concepts, and practices related to the teaching of technical communication"--

Scientific and Technical Communication

Author : James H. Collier
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 0761903216
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book Scientific and Technical Communication written by James H. Collier and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1997 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific and Technical Communication is a major textbook that represents a new focus area in communication studies. It integrates multidisciplinary perspectives on the relations among rhetoric, science, technology, and public policymaking to the process and product of technical communication. The text is inspired by science and technology studies (STS), a field emerging from the history, sociology, and philosophy of science and technology--which also has roots in economics, political theory, and rhetoric. Reformulating the issues raised by STS within the context of technical communication, Scientific and Technical Communication is composed of three highly integrated parts. Part I provides a summary, critique, and alternative to recent theoretical perspectives developed in the rhetoric of science and the sociology of scientific knowledge. Part II applies these critical alternatives to the traditional practices of scientific and technical communication and shows how these new practices can be applied to the communication that is vital in forming national and local science and technology policy. This hands-on, introductory textbook will supply students and professionals in the areas of scientific and technical communication, rhetoric, and media studies with broad-based and applicable knowledge in this area.

Qualitative Research in Technical Communication

Author : James Conklin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136935665
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book Qualitative Research in Technical Communication written by James Conklin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-10-27 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together a representative sample from the growing body of work in qualitative research in technical communication. Including examples of qualitative methodologies—including ethnography, case study, focus groups, action research, grounded theory, and interview research— used by technical communicators to strengthen their practice, the result is a rich harmony of perspectives, as diverse as the field of technical communication itself.

Ethics in Technical Communication

Author : Michael Markel
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Ethics in Technical Communication written by Michael Markel and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2001 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on theories of ethics from Aristotle through Foucault and on the research literature, the director of technical communications at Boise Stae U. explores the relationship between ethics and the rhetoric used by technical communication professionals in developing his own ethical decision-making approach. This sensitively realistic approach is then applied to issues and cases with analyses (e.g., of the Intel Pentium case) of five topics of interest to those in this field: truth-telling in product information, liability and the duty to instruct and warn, multicultural communication and ethical relativism, intellectual property, and codes of conduct.

Assembling Critical Components

Author : Joanna Schreiber
Publisher : Wac Clearinghouse
ISBN 13 : 9781646422692
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (226 download)

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Download or read book Assembling Critical Components written by Joanna Schreiber and published by Wac Clearinghouse. This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assembling Critical Components presents TPC as a collective identity and provides a framework for situating critical components of the field.

Design Thinking in Technical Communication

Author : Jason Tham
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000392309
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Design Thinking in Technical Communication written by Jason Tham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explicates the relationships between design thinking, critical making, and socially responsive technical communication. It leverages the recent technology-powered DIY culture called "the Maker Movement" to identify how citizen innovation can inform cutting-edge social innovation that advocates for equitable change and progress on today’s "wicked" problems. After offering a succinct account of the origin and recent history of design thinking, along with its connections to the design paradigm in writing studies, the book analyzes maker culture and its influences on innovation and education through an ethnographic study of three academic makerspaces. It offers opportunities to cultivate a sense of critical changemaking in technical communication students and practitioners, showcasing examples of socially responsive innovation and expert interviews that urge a disciplinary attention to social justice advocacy and an embrace of the design-thinking principle of radical collaboration. The value of design thinking methodologies for teaching and practicing socially responsible technical communication are demonstrated as the author argues for a future in the field that sees its constituents as leaders in radical innovation to solve wicked social problems. This book is essential reading for instructors, students, and practitioners of technical communication, and can be used as a supplemental text for graduate and undergraduate courses in usability and user-centered design and research.

Citizenship and Advocacy in Technical Communication

Author : Godwin Y. Agboka
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351360329
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Citizenship and Advocacy in Technical Communication written by Godwin Y. Agboka and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-06-22 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Citizenship and Advocacy in Technical Communication, teachers, researchers, and practitioners will find a variety of theoretical frameworks, empirical studies, and teaching approaches to advocacy and citizenship. Specifically, the collection is organized around three main themes or sections: considerations for understanding and defining advocacy and citizenship locally and globally, engaging with the local and global community, and introducing advocacy in a classroom. The collection covers an expansive breadth of issues and topics that speak to the complexities of undertaking advocacy work in TPC, including local grant writing activities, cosmopolitanism and global transnational rhetoric, digital citizenship and social media use, strategic and tactical communication, and diversity and social justice. The contributors themselves, representing fifteen academic institutions and occupying various academic ranks, offer nuanced definitions, frameworks, examples, and strategies for students, scholars, practitioners, and educators who want to or are already engaged in a variegated range of advocacy work. More so, they reinforce the inherent humanistic values of our field and discuss effective rhetorical and current technological tools at our disposal. Finally, they show us how, through pedagogical approaches and everyday mundane activities and practices, we (can) advocate either actively or passively.

Rhetorical Accessability

Author : Lisa Meloncon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351865269
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book Rhetorical Accessability written by Lisa Meloncon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-11-30 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rhetorical Accessability is the first text to bring the fields of technical communication and disability studies into conversation. The two fields also share a pragmatic foundation in their concern with accommodation and accessibility, that is, the material practice of making social and technical environments and texts as readily available, easy to use, and/or understandable as possible to as many people as possible, including those with disabilities. Through its concern with the pragmatic, theoretically grounded work of helping users interface effectively and seamlessly with technologies, the field of technical communication is perfectly poised to put the theoretical work of disability studies into practice. In other words, technical communication could ideally be seen as a bridge between disability theories and web accessibility practices. While technical communicators are ideally positioned to solve communication problems and to determine the best delivery method, those same issues are compounded when they are viewed through the dual lens of accessibility and disability. With the increasing use of wireless, expanding global marketplaces, increasing prevalence of technology in our daily lives, and ongoing changes of writing through and with technology, technical communicators need to be acutely aware of issues involved with accessibility and disability. This collection will advance the field of technical communication by expanding the conceptual apparatus for understanding the intersections among disability studies, technical communication, and accessibility and by offering new perspectives, theories, and features that can only emerge when different fields are brought into conversation with one another and is the first text to bring the fields of technical communication and disability studies into conversation with one another.