Journal of Business and Technical Communication Jan 1997

Technical Writing and Community Service

THOMAS N. HUCKIN

Abstract

Many technical writing programs across the country have their students go out into the community and do writing projects for local businesses, campus organizations, government agencies, or nonprofit organizations. Few, however, take advantage of the increasingly popular pedagogy known as service learning. This article describes how to set up such service-learning courses and how to anticipate certain types of problems. Also discussed are some of the many benefits, both pedagogical and civic/humanitarian, that this truly real-world approach brings to the teaching of technical writing and, potentially, to the teaching of other forms of professional writing.

Journal
Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Published
1997-01-01
DOI
10.1177/1050651997011001003
Open Access
Closed
Topics
writing program administration service learning technical communication professional writing

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