Advocating for Sustainability: A Report on and Critique of the Undergraduate Capstone Course

Exploration on the Teaching Method of Professional Fashion Performance Based on the Model of Capstone Courses

“…In the process of implementing the capstone course, in order to verify whether the teaching effect meets the original teaching expectations, the research evaluation dimension of the project can involve technical challenges, teamwork, event planning and negotiation with customers [20]. However, there are also relevant studies that have confirmed the positive effects of this teaching method through the evaluation of the effect of the "capstone course" in specific majors, and further put forward the point of view of curriculum improvement, advocating sustainable project development as a fixed-point course for implementation of the theoretical framework [21].…”

5. Confronting Methodological Stasis: Re-Examining Approaches to Technical Communication Pedagogical Frameworks

“…Over the past two decades, the field of technical and professional communication (TPC) has continued to flourish, with degree programs of all types in TPC at four-year institutions experiencing a 17 percent growth rate in the last five years (Melonçon & Schreiber, 2018). Given this growth, it is important that we reflect upon what and how we are teaching students who will become the next generation of technical communicators.…”

4. (Teaching) Ethics and Technical Communication

“…Technical Communication Quarterly, 11( 1 Researchers in technical and professional communication (TPC) have long been studying our pedagogical practices, curricular design, and program administration (Cargile Thatcher & St.Amant, 2011;Walton et al, 2016). Some of the scholarship focuses on the varieties of the multi-major professional writing course (Breuch & Sadler, 2016;Read & Michaud, 2018), while others focus more on technical communication degree programs that prepare future practitioners and scholars Melonçon & Schreiber, 2018 (Cooper, 1991) and by emphasizing the lived experiences of an instructor and students in the classroom. I teach in a four-year public university with a liberal arts focus.…”