Communication Across the Curriculum and in the Disciplines: Speaking in Engineering

Communication in the Disciplines: Interpersonal Communication in Dietetics

“…Results of writing across the discipline research (Russell, 1997) suggest that because the workplace culture differs from the academic environment, skills and concepts learned and practiced in the classroom will not transfer to the workplace; however other researchers have made various suggestions for facilitation of this transfer. Dannels (2002) The results of the current study confirm previous findings of CXC research but also extend the scope of this work. First, this study offers additional support for the CID framework by confirming that communication in the dietetics discipline is site specific.…”

“…Engineering presentations were found to be independent of the presenter's individuality (Dannels, 2002 andDarling, 2005). In contrast, the dietary interview is highly personal and although it is all about the client, the registered dietitian must become a partner in the relationship in order to encourage the dietary disclosures of the client.…”

“…Other CXC research, for example Dannels, 2002, Darling, 2005Dannels, 2005;Dannels & Norris Martin, 2008;and Darling & Dannels, 2003, found the central oral genres in design and engineering to be based on public speaking. Darling & Dannels (2003, p. 14), suggested CXC research should focus on other genres, and it was the case that interpersonal communication emerged from the current research as the central oral genre of dietitians.…”

“…Much of CXC research thus far focuses on public communication. The work of Dannels (2003) and Dannels (2002) and Darling (2005) and others in engineering and Dannels (2005) in design classes explores public speaking as a disciplinary site in those areas.Tthe current research shows that interpersonal communication in the dietetics discipline performs a similarly important function. Future CXC research should locate other disciplines in which interpersonal genres serve similarly important roles and identify the functions of these interpersonal genres in maintaining and advancing those disciplines.…”

“…Previous research demonstrated that oral genres in design and engineering are not simply generic vehicles for disseminating information, they reflect the traditions of the discipline that encompass ways the work of the discipline is conducted, ways new knowledge in the discipline is generated, and ways the discipline is maintained. On the basis of the previous CXC research, it is clear that communication genres through which the design process is conducted differ from the genres of note in engineering (See, e.g., Dannels, 2005 andDannels, 2002). The CID framework illustrates that if communication scholars were to assume a one size fits all communication approach to other disciplines, vast amounts of critical knowledge would be overlooked.…”