Reflective Teaching & Learning in the Health Professions: Action Research in Professional Education

✍ Scribed by David Kember(auth.)

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 204
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book deals with the nature of professional education and the need to produce professionals who are capable of reflection upon practice. It derives comprehensive guidelines for developing curricula and teaching methods that encourage reflective thinking. It is heavily research-based and the multiprofessional approach is unique to this subject matter. It will appeal to educators in all health science disciplines.

The book includes an introduction to the concepts of reflection and reflective thinking and describes action research methodology used to carry out this study. Findings are presented in the form of case studies and the conclusions drawn are considered in the context of practical implementation.Content:
Chapter 1 The Nature of Reflection (pages 1–28): David Kember, Frances Kam Yuet Wong and Ella Yeung
Chapter 2 Action Research and its Application to the Project (pages 29–42): David Kember, Harrison Tse and Jan McKay
Chapter 3 The Action Research Process (pages 43–56): Frances Kam Yuet Wong, Alice Yuen Loke and Marian Wai Lin Wong
Chapter 4 Integrating Theory and Practice (pages 57–67): Jan McKay
Chapter 5 The Use of Learning Contracts (pages 68–83): Ella Yeung, Alice Jones and Celia Webb
Chapter 6 Writing Reflective Journals (pages 84–101): Kit Sinclair and Harrison Tse
Chapter 7 Promoting Discussion from Reflective Writing (pages 102–110): Kit Sinclair
Chapter 8 Encouraging Reflective Writing (pages 111–125): David Kember, Alice Jones, Alice Yuen Loke, Jan McKay, Kit Sinclair, Harrison Tse, Celia Webb, Frances Kam Yuet Wong, Marian Wai Lin Wong and Ella Yeung
Chapter 9 Facilitating Critical Discussion (pages 126–135): David Kember, Alice Jones, Alice Yuen Loke, Jan McKay, Kit Sinclair, Harrison Tse, Celia Webb, Frances Kam Yuet Wong, Marian Wai Lin Wong and Ella Yeung
Chapter 10 The Affective Dimension of Reflection (pages 136–151): Marian Wai Lin Wong, David Kember, Frances Kam Yuet Wong and Alice Yuen Loke
Chapter 11 Triggers for Reflection (pages 152–166): David Kember
Chapter 12 Reflections on Reflection (pages 167–175): David Kember