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Kroitor, Harry P.; Tebeaux, Elizabeth – ADE Bulletin, 1984
Deals with the split in English departments between perpetuating humanistic study and teaching technical communication skills, and offers suggestions to promote appreciation of good literature as well as effective writing and the relation between the two. (CRH)
Descriptors: Curriculum Enrichment, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Language Styles
Download full textMathes, J. C., Comp.; Pinelli, Thomas E., Comp. – 1981
The 42 papers in this volume discuss a variety of technical writing topics. The following are some of these topics: (1) industry's views on new directions in technical communication, and the technical writing skills that industry needs; (2) an interdisciplinary approach to teaching technical report writing in the community college; (3) designing…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Higher Education
Petersen, Bruce T. – 1984
To examine the writing process of personnel who write as part of their jobs and the relation of that process to the context in which they worked, a study was undertaken in a major corporation. Its aim was to research a model for teaching technical writing students that would bridge the gap between the classroom and the probable writing situations…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Communication Skills, Curriculum Enrichment, Education Work Relationship
Larsen, Richard – 1983
Two case histories, one in a business and one in an academic setting, demonstrated the potential for an interdisciplinary approach in teaching technical communication. Cooperation between a writer with little understanding of computer software and technicians lacking sophisticated writing skills resulted in concise, effective, and easy to…
Descriptors: Adults, Business, Case Studies, College Students
