Title :
Ethnographic research: students studying their profession within its social context
Author_Institution :
New Mexico Tech., NM, USA
Abstract :
Having students learn many kinds of research is valuable to them as students and professionals. A form of primary research with which most technical communication students are unfamiliar is ethnography. This paper describes an ethnographic research project in a technical communication course and explains the purpose, preparation, procedure, and value of the project to the students, the subjects, and the curriculum. The paper also mentions potential problems and possible solutions
Keywords :
anthropology; educational courses; teaching; technical presentation; curriculum; ethnographic research project; ethnography; profession; social context; students; technical communication course; Collaborative work; Context; Educational programs; Humans; Manuals; Professional communication; Project management; Proposals; Springs; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Professional Communication Conference, 1997. IPCC '97 Proceedings. Crossroads in Communication., 1997 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Salt Lake City, UT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4184-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCC.1997.637032
