Educating "Community Intellectuals": Rhetoric, Moral Philosophy, and Civic Engagement

Technical Communication Quarterly Jul 2004

Educating "Community Intellectuals": Rhetoric, Moral Philosophy, and Civic Engagement

Michelle F. Eble ; Lynee Lewis Gaillet

Abstract

This article encourages technical and professional communication programs to take on the challenge of educating students to become "community intellectuals." The notion of educating future professionals for a career needs to be reconsidered in light of both current research concerning civic rhetoric and past practices in moral humanism courses. The triumvirate of rhetoric, ethics, and moral philosophy provides an effective foundation for reconfiguring existing pedagogy in the field and offers insights for nurturing community intellectuals.

Journal: Technical Communication Quarterly
Published: 2004-07-01
DOI: 10.1207/s15427625tcq1303_7
Open Access: Closed
Topics: multilingual writers

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