Teaching technical authorship

Jim Henry

doi:10.1080/10572259509364601

Technical Communication Quarterly Jun 1995

Teaching technical authorship

Jim Henry George Mason University

Abstract

MA students in professional writing and editing researched technical writing in specific workplace cultures. Their research is interpreted in light of recent theory on authorship as a cultural rather than individual phenomenon. Students' constructs for understanding their own writerly selves are discussed, as are constructs that emerged for the interpretations of selves and others in workplace cultures. Teaching technical authorship meant addressing such constructs, implicating issues of status, affect and effect, representation, and expertise.

Journal: Technical Communication Quarterly
Published: 1995-06-01
DOI: 10.1080/10572259509364601
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Topics: teacher development technical communication professional writing affect and writing
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