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<title>Education and Training Stem Overview</title>
<shortdesc>The field of technical communication is transforming at&#xD;a rapid rate, responding to scientific and technological&#xD;advancements, economic pressures, and social changes.&#xD;This makes our field exciting and challenging. The&#xD;excitement and challenge is intensified for educators and&#xD;trainers, because we must stay high on the learning curve&#xD;in order to help prepare others to meet the challenges and&#xD;prosper by the changes. At the same time, we must be&#xD;sure to integrate new knowledge, technologies, and skills&#xD;with what is valuable in the old rather than simply&#xD;letting the new displace the old.</shortdesc>
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<p>The field of technical communication is transforming at&#xD;a rapid rate, responding to scientific and technological&#xD;advancements, economic pressures, and social changes.&#xD;This makes our field exciting and challenging. The&#xD;excitement and challenge is intensified for educators and&#xD;trainers, because we must stay high on the learning curve&#xD;in order to help prepare others to meet the challenges and&#xD;prosper by the changes. At the same time, we must be&#xD;sure to integrate new knowledge, technologies, and skills&#xD;with what is valuable in the old rather than simply&#xD;letting the new displace the old.</p>
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<li><a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Presentations/Education/TC">All works in 'Presentations &gt; Education &gt; TC'</a></li>
<li><a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Presentations">All works in 'Presentations'</a>, <a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Education">'Education'</a>, <a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/TC">'TC'</a></li>
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 <link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Presentations/Education/TC" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All works in 'Presentations &gt; Education &gt; TC'</linktext></link>
 <link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Presentations" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All works in 'Presentations'</linktext></link>
 <link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Education" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All works in 'Education'</linktext></link>
 <link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/TC" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All works in 'TC'</linktext></link>
 <link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/publisher/STC_Proceedings" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All 2240 works published by STC Proceedings</linktext></link>

<link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/authors/Hirst,_Russel" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All five works by Hirst, Russel</linktext></link>
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