Field Study and the Rhetoric Curriculum

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Using field study to teach writing and speaking in rhetoric impacts both how technical communication defines itself and its role in the curriculum. This article reviews materials that support field study, describes course assignments, and examines student writing. I find that as field study offers a precise, event-based resource for teaching rhetoric, so rhetoric offers an audience-centered format to bring properties of the field inside.

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Technical Communication Quarterly
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2003-07-01
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10.1207/s15427625tcq1203_4
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