Professional Writing in Context - Lessons From Teaching and Consulting in Worlds of Work

This volume explores adult work-world writing issues from the perspectives of five seasoned professionals who have logged hundreds of hours working with adults on complicated written communication problems. It examines the gap between school-world instructional practices and real-world problems and situations. After describing the five major economic sectors which are writing intensive, the text suggests curricular reforms which might better prepare college-educated writers for these worlds. Because the volume is based on the extensive work-world experiences of the authors, it offers numerous examples of real-world writing problems and strategies which illustrate concretely what goes wrong and what needs to be done about it.

List of contents

Contents: Preface. F. Reynolds, What Adult Work-World Writers Have Taught Me About Adult Work-World Writing. C. Matalene, Of the People, by the People, for the People: Texts in Public Contexts. J.N. Magnotto, Consulting in a Bureaucracy: Helping Government Evaluators Write Effective Reports. D. Samson, Writing in High-Tech Firms. L.V. Sadler, Preparing for the White Rabbit and Taking It On the Neck: Tales of the Workplace and Writingplace.

About the author

John Frederick Reynolds City College of CUNY Carolyn B. Matalene University of South Carolina Joyce Neff Magnotta Old Dominion University Donald C. Samson, Jr. Radford University Lynn Veach Sadler Human Technology Interface, Inc.

Summary

This volume explores adult work-world writing issues from the perspective of the five seasoned professional authors - all experienced in working with adults on complicated written communication problems. It covers five economic sectors which are writing-intensive and suggests curricular reforms.

Product details

• Authors: Joyce Neff Magnotto, Magnotto Joyce Neff, Carolyn B Matalene, Carolyn B. Matalene, Matalene Carolyn B., John Frederick Reynolds, Reynolds John Frederick, Lynn Veach Sadler, Sadler Lynn Veach, Donald C Samson Jr, Donald C. Samson Jr.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.1995
• EAN: 9780805817270
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-1727-0
• No. of pages: 200
• Weight: 370 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Writing & editing guides, Language learning: writing skills, Writing skills, Writing and editing guides, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / General