Teaching and Learning Design Presentations in Engineering: Contradictions between Academic and Workplace Activity Systems

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-169

  Dannels, Deanna P ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity theory; Communication across the curriculum; Oral genres; Oral presentations in engineering; Professional identity construction; Speaking in the disciplines

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037274033     PISSN: 10506519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1050651902250946     Document Type: Review

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