Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Jan 2020

A Field-Wide Metasynthesis of Pedagogical Research in Technical and Professional Communication

Lisa Melonçon University of South Florida ; Jeremy Rosselot-Merritt University of Minnesota ; Kirk St.Amant

Abstract

Pedagogical and programmatic research remains important in technical and professional communication. For such approaches to be effective, meaningful, and successful, they must represent effective scholarship that can be used within and address the needs of the greater field. The authors performed a metasynthesis of pedagogical and programmatic scholarship published in five central technical and professional communication journals between 2011 and 2015 ( n = 82). The authors report the results of this research and what it means for the field to approach pedagogical and programmatic scholarship in the future.

Journal
Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
Published
2020-01-01
DOI
10.1177/0047281619853258
Open Access
Closed
Topics
writing across the curriculum professional writing

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