Download or read book Foundations for Teaching Technical Communication written by Katherine Staples and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1997-12-31 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is designed to be a seminal textbook for researchers and teachers of scientific and technical communication. It draws together contributions from scholars in the field, covering the three broad themes of theory, practice and program design, while focusing on topics of contemporary concern. These include insights into the relevance of cognitive psychology for technical communication; ethics and multicultural issues; impact of new technologies; visual communication; design of teaching and research programmes; and quality and evaluation.