Developing a Writing Course for State Employees: A Case Study

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Apr 1982

Developing a Writing Course for State Employees: A Case Study

William J. Rothwell

Abstract

Government writing has often been called gobbledygook—vague, windy, and pretentious prose thrust on unwilling readers [1]. Nowhere, it seems would a writing course hold such rich promise as in a state or a federal agency. While many of these programs have been conducted [2], there is little in print on designing them or on dealing with the management or course development problems unique to them.1 This case study will document the effort to design and conduct such an in-house writing program. It will provide resource materials and strategies for those who, in the future, will be faced with developing and delivering such courses.

Journal: Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
Published: 1982-04-01
DOI: 10.2190/yqmw-lha6-epv6-wvwc
Topics: curriculum design qualitative research multimodality

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