Title :
Images of technology and creativity: in opposition or harmony within technical communications programs?
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Tech. Commun., Clarkson Univ., Potsdam, NY, USA
fDate :
12/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Recent exit interviews of Clarkson University graduates majoring in technical communications revealed that students have a clear hierarchy of worth that places technology at the top because of its supposed objectivity. Further, students opposed technology to creativity, which they took to be the domain of writing. The author asks several pointed questions aimed at probing how technical communication curricula can show students that creativity and reason can be in harmony and help them better understand their own talents and skills
Keywords :
education; human factors; technical presentation; Clarkson University graduates; creativity; exit interviews; hierarchy of worth; objectivity; skills; talents; technical communications programs; technology; writing; Advertising; Assembly; Computer graphics; Computer science; Engineering profession; Maintenance engineering; Microcomputers; Professional communication; Text processing; Writing;
Journal_Title :
Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on
