Buch, Englisch, 226 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 388 g
Reihe: Methodos Series
A New Systems Approach to Modelling in the Social Sciences
Buch, Englisch, 226 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 388 g
Reihe: Methodos Series
ISBN: 978-94-007-3506-4
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
This book offers an alternative view to current postmodern approaches to composition. It takes a critical realist stance to arrive at the “essence” of written communication with the aim of informing a practical application: a computerised writing tutor. Following Robert Franck’s seminal work on modelling, a theoretical model of writing was first formulated, consisting of an architecture of functions which constitute the prerequisites for effective communication. Next, an applied model - a composing algorithm with an input option - was developed, showing composing to be a systemic social process with intra- and extra-systemic variation. The algorithm provided the design template for a writing tutor program which models for the learner both the systemic and the socially situated nature of writing. This book establishes composing as a communicative interaction, and shows the essential dynamism of writing, while offering an exemplar of a systems approach to modelling in the social sciences.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten, Studientechnik
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
Weitere Infos & Material
Preface.- Glossary.- Introduction.- Chapter 1: Review of Composition Software.- Chapter 2: Critical Realism.- Chapter 3: The Modelling Process.- Chapter 4: The User's Model of Composing.- Chapter 5: Testing out the User's Model.- Chapter 6: The Theoretical Model of Composing.- Chapter 7: The Explanatory Force of the Models.- Chapter 8: The Writing Tutor Program.- Conclusion.- Index.- Bibiography.
