patricia freitag ericsson phd
223 avery hall
washington state university
fall 2009
 engl 534: theories and methods of teaching technical and professional writing

 
Week 1 Aug. 24

Introduction to class; review of syllabus and schedule; academic honesty policy; audit policy; Peeples: Introduction

Technical Communication Introduction
Research in Technical Communication:
The E-Server Technical Communication Library
CompPile
Technical Communication in Action
King County Pandemic Flu Preparedness

Journal Review assignment
Week 2 Aug. 31

For class discussion today read the following:

Introduction by Peeples.

If you are a newcomer to rhetoric, please read Part 1, Chapter 1 of Peeples. It's basic to understanding the rhetorical underpinnings of the most common approach to tech comm. We will discuss the Foss, Foss, and Trapp piece for sure.

Read Faigley, Miller, and Slack in Part 1, Chapter 2. These three articles are foundational in tech comm; we'll discuss them thoroughly.

In Part 2, read Driskell and Susan Katz in Chapter 3.

In Chapter 4, read Ornatowski and Steven Katz.

All of these articles will provide for a fascinating class discussion--lots of territory covered and lots of things to puzzle over.
Week 3 Sept. 7 Labor Day; No class
Week 4 Sept. 14 Latour to p. 159; Peeples paper due
Week 5 Sept. 21 Finish Latour; Extra resources: Latour/Student; Latour/Law
Week 6 Sept. 28

Journal Review Presentations; Journal Review Projects due
Week 7 Oct. 5 Kostelnick and Hassett Chapters 1-3; Final Project assignment reviewed; short paper on Latour due
Week 8 Oct. 12 Finish Kostelnick and Hassett;
  Oct. 14 Special meeting; talk with people who have taught 402 and discussion of Selfe/Selfe, Haefner, and McGee/Ericsson
Week 9 Oct. 19 Gee; Chapters 1-4; short paper on Kostelnick and Hassett due
 Week 10 Oct. 26 finish Gee;
Week 11 Nov. 2

Gee paper due; Selfe - each of you will present two of the Selfe chapters to the class. Each Chapter is set up the same way including
1) Outcome;
2) "What business and industry tell us,"
3) "What Academic research tells us;"
4) an Assignment Sequence;
5) and possibly other ending materials.

Your presentation should provide a brief summary of each section as well as your evaluation of the Chapter and your opinion on whether you could see the Chapter being of use to you or others in 402 or other Tech Comm classes. You must provide a one-page handout on each of the chapters. Please make enough copies of the handout for all class members (10).

You are only responsible for thorough reading of the chapters you present. The one page handout on each chapter will take the place of a response paper for this book.

Sheri - Chapters 1 and 2
Alex - Chapters 3 and 4
Jessica - Chapters 5 and 6
Pearce - Chapters 7 and 8
Week 12 Nov. 9

Tim - Chapters 9 and 10
Jared - Chapters 11 and 12
Patty Chapters 13 and 14
Frank - Chapter 15
Daniel - Chapters Chapters 16 and 17
 Week 13 Nov. 16

Textbook Review due--informal presentations and discussion;

Week 14 Nov. 30

Syllabi and Assignment Review due--informal presentations and discussion
Week 15 Dec. 7 Final Presentations

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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