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Heiland, Donna, Ed.; Rosenthal, Laura J., Ed. – Teagle Foundation (NJ1), 2011
This collection of essays, "Literary Study, Measurement, and the Sublime: Disciplinary Assessment," edited by Donna Heiland and Laura J. Rosenthal, represents an important new venture in the Foundation's communication program. The book is the product of many authors, including the editors, both of whom have written essays for it. But it…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Literary Criticism, Creativity, College Outcomes Assessment
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Moore, Patrick – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2006
Carolyn Miller's oft-cited "Humanistic Rationale for Technical Writing," published in 1979, tries to give technical communication faculty more cultural capital in English departments controlled by literature professors. Miller replaces a positivistic emphasis in technical communication pedagogy with rhetoric. She shows how technical knowledge is…
Descriptors: Technical Writing, English Departments, Cultural Capital, Intellectual Disciplines