Writing in the Real World: Making the Transition from School to Work

Art Young; Anne Beaufort

doi:10.2307/1512153

College Composition and Communication Dec 2002

Writing in the Real World: Making the Transition from School to Work

Art Young ; Anne Beaufort

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How can we prepare the workforce of tomorrow to meet the increasing writing demand placed upon them in the Information Age? In this text, Anne Beaufort provides a multidimensional response to this critical question. Through analyzing the knowledge domains writers draw upon in specific writing situations, Beaufort illuminates the conditions that contribute to the ongoing development of writing skills. Using findings gathered in a longitudinal study of four women, Beaufort renders an ethnographical account of how writers are socialized into ways of communicating according to the conventions of their workplace. Beaufort offers a view of the developmental process entailed in attaining writing fluency in school and beyond, and the conditions that contribute to acquiring such expertise. Her book illuminates what it takes to foster the flexibility and versatility writers must possess in the workplace of the 21st century.

Journal: College Composition and Communication
Published: 2002-12-01
DOI: 10.2307/1512153
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