Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Jan 1985

Changing the Technical Writing Paradigm

William E. McCarron

Abstract

Although teachers of technical writing have long considered themselves as the vanguard, they too have shown considerable resistance to change, despite recent theoretical advances in composition theory. This author proposes that the technical writing community review its traditional views and attitudes toward the teaching of writing to incorporate insight derived from cross-disciplinary research.

Journal
Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
Published
1985-01-01
DOI
10.2190/dlrk-hc1t-jn3g-kqpl
Topics
composition theory technical communication

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