
Genre-specific conventions of the Engineering Notebook.
Author(s) -
Faye D'Silva
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
discourse and writing/rédactologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2563-7320
DOI - 10.31468/dwr.865
Subject(s) - field (mathematics) , literacy , computer science , engineering education , engineering , engineering ethics , pedagogy , sociology , engineering management , mathematics , pure mathematics
First-year engineering students not only have to grapple with academic discursive practices specific to their discipline, but they also have to learn genre-specific conventions. The engineering notebook is one such genre common in the field of engineering. This article describes specific teaching strategies employed in the delivery of a workshop designed specifically for first-year engineers. The purpose of the workshop was to equip novice engineers with engineering notebook conventions that constitute a major literacy practice in their respective discourse community.