Reflective practice : writing and professional development

✍ Scribed by Gillie Bolton

• Publisher: Sage
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 305
• Edition: 3rd ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Bolton's creative methods have been applied by students and professionals worldwide to achieve a deep, sensitive and critical examination of their practice, to change their feelings about past events, and to learn from each other. This new edition examines reflective practice across an expanded range of fields.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Reflection and reflexivity: what and why --
Reflective practice: an introduction --
Reflection and reflexivity --
Principles of reflective practice --
Through the mirror --
Writing as reflection --
Reflection and reflexivity: how --
Reflective writing: a how-to guide --
Learning journal --
Assessment and evaluation --
Group processes and facilitation --
Reflective practice and team development --
Reflective practice: other methods --
Reflective writing: foundations --
Power of narrative --
Power of metaphor --
Wider and deeper: other writing forms --
Reflection on reflection.
Abstract:

This much loved text is already widely used in education, health and nursing departments. The new edition updates and refreshes Gillie Bolton's work, bringing in new examples from around the world and more exercises and activities for engaging with this powerful technique. Read more...