3-01 (September 2001) Education and Training by Ron Blicq The Original Article:ET09: Functionalism in TC Training

I was immensely pleased to read Ulf Andersson’s article, for he has captured the essence of a principle that I believe in implicity: you can teach technical communication most effectively if you give students opportunities to plan and write documents that are being used or will be used in a real-world setting. They need to savour not only the pain and frustration when a project does not work out as planned, or presents enormous difficulties, but also the immense success and pride that follows when a project is properly executed. You cannot get that kind of experience solely only in a classroom.

I am saddened when I see some well-known organizations focus their efforts on theoretical research, when there is so much to be learned and gained from focusing practical real-world research that has a ready application.

We need more people like Ulf Andersson to be teaching technical communication!  

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