This collection compiles 16 essays on teaching technical and professional communication in terms of theory, practice, and application. It emphasizes issues of accessibility and inclusivity, the growth of technical communication programs, and the use of communication technologies. Technical communication, English, and writing specialists from North America and Europe address expanding pedagogy to include situated learning, interstitial design processes, plain language strategies, and instruction on ethical decision making; new approaches to shaping curriculum at the course and program level, including using pedagogical literacy frameworks, creating introductory courses, balancing theory and practice, and developing new student learning outcomes; incorporating technology like open-access tools for collaboration, using community of inquiry theory in online learning, online team-based learning, and the Trans-Atlantic and Pacific Project as an example of telecollaboration; and engaging communities outside of the academy, in relation to community-based projects using visual communication, the science community, workplace training for paramedics and firefighters, and technical writing professionals. Annotation ©2021 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
Drawn from quantitative and qualitative work of practitioners in the field, this edited collection provides an update to the Staples and Ornatowski's influential Foundations of Teaching Technical Communication (1997). The collection is organized around the broad themes of expanding pedagogy, shaping curriculum, incorporating technology, and engaging community. In each section, authors illustrate their experiences with teaching in the university technical communication classroom, addressing topics such as rethinking the role of internships, redesigning student learning outcomes for assessment practices, incorporating ethics into the technical communication classroom, using visual communication in community context, and engaging plain language. These sixteen chapters, taken as a whole or individually, provide readers with insights and examples into teaching technical communication in the 21st century.
