Redefining "Context" in Research on Writing.

Chin, Elaine

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ERIC Number: EJ490802

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Publication Date: 1994

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Redefining "Context" in Research on Writing.

Chin, Elaine

Written Communication, v11 n4 p445-82 Oct 1994

Explores how the term "context" has been defined by writing researchers and tries to reconceptualize the construct of the term. Provides data from a year-long ethnographic study of graduate journalism education. Suggests that context for composing must include the histories of individual writers. (HB)

Descriptors: Cultural Context, English Instruction, Ethnography, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Journalism Education, Writing Instruction, Writing Processes, Writing Research

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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