Journal of Business and Technical Communication Jul 2007

Rethinking the Articulation Between Business and Technical Communication and Writing in the Disciplines

David R. Russell

Abstract

In a profound sense, the teaching of business and technical communication (BTC) is always already the teaching of writing in the disciplines (WID). Yet the WID dimension of BTC is often hard to see. The question this article addresses is, How might the North American tradition of BTC communication courses be more consciously—and effectively—articulated with the disciplines? The article reviews some of the research literature concerning the value of articulating BTC with WID in undergraduate education and program descriptions of such efforts to examine what BTC has done, is doing, and might do in the future to strengthen WID in BTC.

Journal
Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Published
2007-07-01
DOI
10.1177/1050651907300452
Topics
graduate education writing across the curriculum technical communication

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