Technical Communication Quarterly Apr 2001

Problems in Service Learning and Technical/Professional Writing: Incorporating the Perspective of Nonprofit Management

Robert W. McEachern

Abstract

As service learning becomes a popular pedagogical approach to technical and professional writing courses, instructors need to examine critically the causes of practical problems that arise when classroom work involves nonprofit agencies. Nonprofit management theory provides a possible solution in its discussion of some basic characteristics of organizations in the nonprofit sector. By understanding these characteristics, instructors and students might anticipate and solve problems they encounter.

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Technical Communication Quarterly
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2001-04-01
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10.1207/s15427625tcq1002_6
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