Journal of Business and Technical Communication Oct 1996

Learning to Write Professionally: “Situated Learning” and the Transition from University to Professional Discourse

AVIVA FREEDMAN ; CHRISTINE ADAM Carleton University

Abstract

Drawing primarily on theories of situated learning, this study compares novices learning written genres in two different institutional settings within similar disciplines: university students in public administration courses and graduate student interns placed in government agencies. Observational and textual analyses of novices learning to write the genres necessary for these settings point to differences in writing goals, guide-learner roles, text evaluations, and learning sites. The results show that when students move from the university to the workplace, they not only have to learn new genres but they need to learn new ways to learn these new genres.

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Journal of Business and Technical Communication
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1996-10-01
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10.1177/1050651996010004001
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