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An interesting question...to begin, let's define resourceful...my dictionary
says "sble to act effectively or imaginatively, especially in difficult
situations." That's not really very quantifiable, and I think the only way
to evaluate resourcefulness (in a classroom setting) would be to assign one
or more difficult situations to students and see if and how they resolve
them. Those who seemed to resolve them most effectively and
imaginatively--effectiveness might be quantifiable, imaginativeness would
likely not be--would be the most resourceful.
Maybe, then, the best way to teach resourcefulness is to force people to be
resourceful. This would seem to be one of the goals of those (often goofy)
adventure weekend trips sponsored by the likes of Outward Bound. Presumably,
the folks who complete the Survivor come out more resourceful, but I guess
most classes can't spend 40 days in the Australian outback. My two cents.
DB.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric J. Ray [mailto:ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com]
> Sent: 29 November 2001 13:50
> To: TECHWR-L
> Cc: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Being resourceful (was RE: tech writing)
>
>
> So, how _does_ one teach students (or new tech writers)
> how do be resourceful? Or how does one find resourceful
> writers to hire? Or distinguish between resourceful
> or non-resourceful writers?
>
<snip>
That said, I'd like
> to be able to quantify "resourceful" in terms more
> definitive than "I know it when I see it".
>
> Any thoughts?
> Eric
>
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