Locating Visual Communication across Disciplines: How Visual Instruction in Composition Textbooks Differs from That in Science-Writing Textbooks

Autor/in	Zimmerman, Erin
Titel	Locating Visual Communication across Disciplines: How Visual Instruction in Composition Textbooks Differs from That in Science-Writing Textbooks
Quelle	In: Across the Disciplines, 17 (2020) 1-2, S.59-80 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1554-8244
Schlagwörter	Textbooks; Communication Skills; Skill Development; Teaching Methods; Communication Strategies; Content Area Writing; Science Instruction; Writing Across the Curriculum; Visual Stimuli; Design; Natural Sciences; Textbook Content; Writing Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Kommunikationsstil; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Kommunikationsstrategie; Schriftliche Übung; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Naturwissenschaften; Lehrbuchtext; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit
Abstract	This article shares results from a qualitative research project that examines the similarities and differences in how composition textbooks and science-writing textbooks address visual communication topics. This research has two goals. First, it seeks to better understand how visual communication is practiced and valued in the composition and natural science disciplines by analyzing the visual terms used and themes covered in the textbooks. Second, by exploring differences in disciplinary expectations and conventions, the research demonstrates how visual communication skills taught in FYC may not always be universally valued by all disciplines. This article concludes with insights composition instructors can use to prepare students for the differences in communication practices they will face when writing in the science disciplines, even if FYC does not teach science writing specifically. Likewise, tracking students' learning in FYC would aid WAC/WID instructors and science instructors as they build upon students' prior knowledge and assumptions when teaching the particulars of visual communication. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	WAC Clearinghouse. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523. Tel: 970-491-3132; Web site: http://wac.colostate.edu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01