Worlds Apart: Acting and Writing in Academic and Workplace Contexts

by Dias; Patrick

• ISBN13: 9780805821482
• ISBN10: 0805821481
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Routledge

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.

Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction	vii
Preface	xi
I Introduction	1	(42)
Introduction: Researching Writing at School and at Work	3	(14)
Situating Writing	17	(26)
II University Writing	43	(70)
The Social Motive of University Writing	47	(18)
Complications and Tensions	65	(17)
Writing and the Formation of the Architect	82	(31)
III Workplace Writing	113	(70)
The Complexity of Social Motive in Workplace Writing	117	(18)
Distributed Cognition at Work	135	(16)
From Words to Bricks: Writing in an Architectural Practice	151	(32)
IV Transitions	183	(53)
Students and Workers Learning	185	(16)
Virtual Realities: Transitions From University to Workplace Writing	201	(21)
Contexts for Writing: University and Work Compared	222	(14)
References	236	(10)
Author Index	246	(3)
Subject Index	249