Communication Design Quarterly Jul 2022

Review of "Design Thinking in Technical Communication: Solving Problems through Making and Collaboration by Jason C. K. Tham" Tham, J. C. K. (2021). Routledge.

Mason Pellegrini

Abstract

The use of design thinking (DT) as a pedagogical and problem-solving strategy has been gaining interest in technical and professional communication (TPC) for years, and Jason Tham'sDesign Thinking in Technical Communicationis the best and most comprehensive statement on this topic that our discipline has created yet. The book first overviews its central concepts (DT and "making"), then illustrates very concretely how those concepts can improve pedagogy, social advocacy, and collaboration in TPC. All the book's chapters (except the conclusion and first chapter) contain empirical elements, which Tham uses to support his points.

Journal
Communication Design Quarterly
Published
2022-07-01
DOI
10.1145/3507857.3507865
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Topics
multimodality technical communication professional writing

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  1. Pellegrini (2022)
    Composing Like an Entrepreneur: The Pedagogical Implications of Design Thinking…
    Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
  2. Tham (2021)
    Engaging Design Thinking and Making in Technical and Professional Communication…
    Technical Communication Quarterly
  3. Durá et al. (2019)
    Positive Deviance as Design Thinking: Challenging Notions of Stasis in Technica…
    Journal of Business and Technical Communication
  4. Greenwood et al. (2019)
    Dissensus, Resistance, and Ideology: Design Thinking as a Rhetorical Methodology
    Journal of Business and Technical Communication
  5. Pope-Ruark (2019)
    Design Thinking in Technical and Professional Communication: Four Perspectives
    Journal of Business and Technical Communication
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  1. Leverenz (2014)
    Design Thinking and the Wicked Problem of Teaching Writing
    Computers and Composition
  2. Purdy (2014)
    What Can Design Thinking Offer Writing Studies?
    College Composition and Communication
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