Hi Jean,
An exotic "textbook":
Heather Silyn-Roberts 1996). Writing for science: A practical handbook
for science, engineering and technology students. Auckland, New Zealand:
Longman.
Natasha Artemeva, Ph. D.
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School of Linguistics and
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Carleton University
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Jean Mason wrote:
> Thank you so much to everyone for your generous ideas about Communication and Science course / text. It's a large lecture (250 students) undergrad course. It's not my area of expertise at all but, for various reasons, I may end up having to develop and teach it in January! So your help is very much appreciated. Jean
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tosh Tachino <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Monday, October 15, 2007 10:04 pm
> Subject: Re: Communicating Science Text
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>> Jean,
>>
>> I think the answer to your question depends much on the level (undergrad/grad)
>> and the nature/focus (theory/research/practice) of the course.
>>
>> But I'd recommend: Randy Harris' anthology "Rhetoric and Incommensurability,"
>> which contains relevant essay. Allen Gross' "Rhetoric of Science" is
>> 17 years
>> old, but you might find it useful as well. Some other great works in the
>> rhetorical tradition include: Jeanne Fahnestock's "The rhetorical life
>> of
>> scientific facts" and "Rhetorical figures in science," Davida
>> Charney's analysis
>> of "Longitude" to show the fundamental misunderstanding of values of
>> science by
>> journalism (The title is "Lone geniuses in popular science" in Written
>> communication 20(3).) Written Communication did a special issue on
>> rhetoric of
>> science in 2004 (vol 21, issue 1): This issue contains Danette Paul's
>> exploration of diffusion of scientific ideas and antoher Fahnestock's
>> work (on
>> visual parallelism in science) among others.
>>
>> As Ryan suggested, Bazerman's "Shaping Written Knowledge" is
>> excellent. Just in
>> case you didn't know, this out-of-print book is available
>> electronically at:
>> http://wac.colostate.edu/books/bazerman_shaping/
>>
>> There are several interesting works outside our field that look at
>> science and
>> its relationship to its stakeholders. For example, Sheila Jasanoff's
>> "Designs on
>> Nature" explores the relationship between science and public policy
>> while *a
>> lot* has been written on the relationship between science and law (e.g.
>> admissibility standard in Daubert). I kind of like "The age of expert
>> testimony:
>> Science in the courtroom" as a starter because it's short and easy, while
>> covering the basics you need to get started.
>>
>> I've seen some practical "how-to" books, but I can't remember any of
>> the titles.
>> Maybe somebody who teaches tech comm or science WAC might know.
>>
>>
>>> Can anyone suggest a text book for a course in communication and
>>>
>> science? The
>> course examines how critical scientific issues are communicated to science's
>> major stakeholders, the public, government, and within scientific community
>> itself. Thanks. Jean
>>
>>
>> _____________________________________
>> Tosh Tachino, M.A., B.A. Honors
>> Ph.D. Candidate, Iowa State University
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