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Kennesaw State University

Thinking outside the Toolbox: A Teaching Resource for Vocational Writing

Abstract

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<p>This capstone project combines elements of contextualization, professional writing, and process pedagogy to create a course design for teaching writing in the technical college/vocational school setting. With this course design, students are asked to complete a variety of scenario-driven, workplace-related writing tasks that teach fundamentals of college composition including research, critical thinking, and process-based writing. With this sample curriculum, students write from realistic scenarios from the healthcare industry, especially tasks from the medical office environment. The goal of this course design is to model and promote new practices for teaching writing in vocational settings to better engage students in these institutions and promote writing as a vital workplace skill.</p>

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Arts in Professional Writing (MAPW)
Level thesis:degree_level
Capstone
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
English
Year dc:date.available
2019

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Ledford, Dustin
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Laura McGrath
  • Mary Lou Odom

Subjects

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Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/mapw_etd/54
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu:mapw_etd-1056

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2026-07-24
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citation

Ledford, Dustin. Thinking outside the Toolbox: A Teaching Resource for Vocational Writing. Capstone thesis, 2019. https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/mapw_etd/54