Carol Larkin

Teaching to the Future Carol Larkin

Career and Technical Education (CTE) teachers: do you get frustrated over the lack of quality in your students' writing? Do you feel that writing is out of your area of expertise? Are you confused about what technical writing is? Do you feel uncomfortable having to create writing assignments or assess them? This book has the answers! Writing can be broken down into the following types: descriptive, informative, research, analytic, and persuasive. Asked if these types of writing are used in business, most teachers would probably say no. But when a student writes a resume they are writing a persuasive document. When a person writes a trip report, they are writing a descriptive document. When a person writes a feasibility study, they are writing an analytic paper. Students are using the types, or discourses of writing, but doing so from a professional, not academic aspect. Teaching to the Future is a straightforward book about technical writing. It is meant for all CTE teachers whether they are technology or academic instructors. The book presents two very important components. First, it outlines clear and concise background on the definition, function, structure and style of technical writing. Second, it provides practical ideas for the implementation of technical writing into the CTE classrooms. With this book, you will -Meet the writing standards embedded in CTE curriculum -Further your own knowledge about what good writing is while helping you to encourage better writing from your students. -Advance students' writing by educating them on the form, function and style of technical writing -Have access to sample lessons using writing types with which students are familiar and builds towards technical writings. Teaching to the Future is a product of 20 years work in the CTE field and contains tried and tested activities. It was written by an applied English Instructor who teamed with a group of seven technology instructors. It aims at developing real world practical writing ideas.