Worlds Apart - Acting and Writing in Academic and Workplace Contexts

An examination of the relationship between written communication in academic and workplace contexts. Written for writing researchers, teachers, program designers, and others concerned with writing in academic and business arenas.

List of contents

Contents: Editor's Introduction. Preface. Part I: Introduction. Introduction: Researching Writing at School and at Work. Situating Writing. Part II: University Writing. The Social Motive of University Writing. Complications and Tensions. Writing and the Formation of the Architect. Part III: Workplace Writing. The Complexity of Social Motive in Workplace Writing. Distributed Cognition at Work. From Words to Bricks: Writing in an Architectural Practice. Part IV: Transitions. Students and Workers Learning. Virtual Realities: Transitions From University to Workplace Writing. Contexts for Writing: University and Work Compared.

About the author

Patrick Dias, Aviva Freedman, Peter Medway and Anthony Pare

Summary

An examination of the relationship between written communication in academic and workplace contexts. Written for writing researchers, teachers, program designers, and others concerned with writing in academic and business arenas.

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Dias, Dias Patrick, Aviva Freedman, Freedman Aviva, Peter Medway, Medway Peter, Anthony Par
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.1999
• EAN: 9780805821475
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-2147-5
• No. of pages: 266
• Weight: 650 g
• Series: Rhetoric, Knowledge, and Society Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Communication / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Secretarial Aids & Training, Business communication & presentation, Communication Studies, Writing & editing guides, Writing and editing guides, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / General, Secretarial, clerical & office skills, Secretarial, clerical and office skills, Business communication, etiquette and presentation