Review of Worlds Apart: Acting and Writing in Academic and Workplace Contexts Patrick Dias, Aviva Freedman, Peter Medway, and Anthony Paré Mahwah by Tom Deans
One of the more popular approaches to community-based writing asks students to compose workplace documents like reports, manuals or brochures for community organizations. After doing this for the first time, students and teachers alike often register their surprise about how dramatically writing in academic courses differs from writing in nonacademic organizations. They also come to…