October 2011

1. Oct 2011
   Transfer, Transformation, and Rhetorical Knowledge ↗
   Doug Brent
   Abstract

   This article traces the uncomfortable relationship between writing studies and the concept of learning transfer. First it reviews three stages in the changing attitudes toward learning transfer in writing theory that is influenced by rhetorical genre studies, activity theory, and situated learning. Then it reviews learning transfer theory itself, an area that is seldom explicitly referred to in writing studies. The article concludes with a synthesis that brings transfer theory to bear on writing studies, suggesting directions for developing research and pedagogical practices related to business and technical communication.

   composition theory genre theory transfer technical communication race and writing
   doi:10.1177/1050651911410951