• DocumentCode
    1366873
  • Title

    Professional writers have a classroom role

  • Author

    Surray, Andrew M.

  • Author_Institution
    Transport & Broadland Network Documentation, Northern Telecom Ltd., Ottawa, Ont., Canada
  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    9/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    163
  • Lastpage
    165
  • Abstract
    Professional technical writers have a role to play as instructors in technical writing programs, as they are experts in the tools, procedures, and policies of a professional documentation department. When a writer enters the classroom, the writer, the writer´s employer, the students, and the academic institution all benefit. Preparing to teach a course is not difficult, as the article explains
  • Keywords
    education; teaching; technical presentation; academic institution; classroom role; professional documentation department; professional technical writers; technical writing programs; Broadband communication; Documentation; Education; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Proposals; Stress; Telecommunications; Writing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0361-1434
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/47.536265
  • Filename
    536265