@inproceedings{f2161731b5ee49978ca2d77b8fc48554,
title = "Humanistic approaches for teaching technical writing service courses better meet the needs of our students (and our discipline)",
abstract = "This paper argues that the technical communication survey course occupies a unique position as a humanistic methods course obviously connected to the major disciplines of an institution's students. Humanistic technical communication pedagogy can thereby be used to organize or rationalize other humanistic interventions in the curriculum, especially with STEM majors. Examples are described for two approaches to integrating rhetorical considerations into junior-level technical writing courses. Senior capstone courses for STEM majors are also considered as sites for challenging students to consider social implications of technological development. Finally, results from a study at Georgia Tech support the authors' contention that students are open to considering technical communication as a rhetorical enterprise.",
keywords = "Humanities, rhetoric, teaching, technical writing",
author = "Dave Kmiec and Olga Menagarishvili and Bernadette Longo",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 IEEE.; 2017 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, ProComm 2017 ; Conference date: 23-07-2017 Through 26-07-2017",
year = "2017",
month = aug,
day = "21",
doi = "10.1109/IPCC.2017.8013951",
language = "English (US)",
series = "IEEE International Professional Communication Conference",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
booktitle = "2017 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, ProComm 2017",
address = "United States",
}