Engineering and Narrative: Literary Prerequisites as Indirect Communication for Technical Writing

Autor/in	Jeyaraj, Joseph
Titel	Engineering and Narrative: Literary Prerequisites as Indirect Communication for Technical Writing
Quelle	In: Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 44 (2014) 2, S.191-210 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2816
Schlagwörter	Technical Writing; Engineering Education; Majors (Students); Communication (Thought Transfer); Literary Devices; Literature; Teaching Methods; Communication Strategies; Curriculum Development; Educational Change; Interdisciplinary Approach; College English; Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Technical documentation; Technische Dokumentation; Ingenieurausbildung; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Literaturarbeit; Literatur; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Kommunikationsstrategie; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Bildungsreform; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität
Abstract	While Engineering values direct communication, indirect communication produces a kind of literacy salient for engineers that direct communication may not offer in the way indirect communication does. This article emphasizes the inadequacies of overly emphasizing direct communication for Engineering majors and explains how teaching indirect communication in the form of literature has the potential to cover some of the inadequacies one can encounter if one were to overly emphasize direct communication. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01