"... the book makes an excellent contributionto the library of those keen to delve further intothe realm of critical reflection, understand variousinterpretations of interdisciplinary practices, anduse these to aid their own and others’ professionalpractice, exploration and development." Learning in Health and Social Care How can professionals reflect critically on the aspects of their work they take for granted? How can professionals practise with creativity, intelligence and compassion? What current methods and frameworks are available to assist professionals to reflect critically on their practice? The use of critical reflection in professional practice is becoming increasingly popular across the health professions as a way of ensuring ongoing scrutiny and improved concrete practice - skills transferable across a variety of settings in the health, social care and social work fields. This book showcases current work within the field of critical reflection throughout the world and across disciplines in health and social care as well as analyzing the literature in the field. Critical Reflection in Health and Social Carereflects the transformative potential of critical reflection and provides practitioners, students, educators and researchers with the key concepts and methods necessary to improve practice through effective critical reflection. Contributors:Gurid Aga Askeland, Andy Bilson, Fran Crawford, Jan Fook, Lynn Froggett , Sue Frost, Fiona Gardner, Jennifer Lehmann, Marceline Naudi, Bairbre Redmond, Gerhard Reimann, Colin Stuart, Pauline Sung-Chan, Carolyn Taylor, Susan White, Elizabeth Whitmore, Angelina Yuen-Tsang.
This book provides an accessible overview of the influential Fook/Gardner Critical Reflection framework for students, researchers and professionals.
This edition features a substantive new preface, bringing the book up to date with recent developments in the field.
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This book explores concrete examples of different strategies and activities aimed at creating and embedding critically reflective learning and working environments within organisations whose prime function is social care.
Hess, P. (1995), 'Reflecting in and on practice', in Hess, P. and Mullen, E.J. (eds), Practitioner–Researcher Partnerships, Washington, DC: NASW. Hess, P. and Mullen, E.J. (eds) (1995), Practitioner–Researcher Partnerships, Washington, ...
The editors of this book also contribute their own reflections on learning how to teach critical reflection and include the findings of a research study conducted on students’ learning.
Relevant Policy Drivers An interview by the Times Higher Education Supplement with Maggie Pearson, the Deputy Director of Human Resources for the Department of Health, revealed the priority given by New Labour to the learning ...
This timely work explores how critical reflection is researched, evaluated and used as a research method itself, with the aim of improving how it is taught and practised in a rigorous and transferable way.
Fook, J. 2013 Critical Reflection in Context: Contemporary Perspective and Issues, in Critical Reflection in Context: Applications in Health and Social Care, edited by J. Fook and F. Gardner. London and New York: Routledge. 1–11.
Reflective practice is at the heart of becoming a competent and confident social worker. It’s both a key element of learning and development on social work courses and an important aspect of social work practice.