http://tc.eserver.org/authors/Kain,_Donna_and_Elizabeth_Wardle A bibliography of works by Kain, Donna and Elizabeth Wardle in the field of technical communication. en-us Copyright (c) 2005-08 by the EServer. All rights reserved. tclib-editorial@eserver.org (TC Library Editorial Board) webmaster@eserver.org (Geoffrey Sauer) http://tc.eserver.org/images/newlogo.gif http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Kain,_Donna_and_Elizabeth_Wardle http://tc.eserver.org/29223.html http://tc.eserver.org/29223.html Instructors in multi-major professional communication courses are asked to teach students a variety of workplace genres. However, teaching genres apart from their contexts may not result in transfer of knowledge from school to workplace settings. We propose teaching students to research genre use via activity theory as a way of encouraging transfer. We outline theory and research relevant to teaching genre and provide results from a study using activity theory to teach genre in two different professional communication courses.