Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Reflective practice and writing can change lives. It changed mine. The very act of writing down the problem, clarifying, thinking, working through the issues, being faced to commit is powerful. Read this book and learn more." -Kenneth C. Calman, University of Durham

"The book gives me fresh ideas for my teaching, solid theoretical frameworks for understanding it, infused commitment to the method, and grateful pride to be a member of this band of the searchers for truth and joy through writing."

In this fully updated and revised Second Edition author Gillie Bolton draws on her considerable experience as well as extensive research and development in the area to demonstrate and explore a creative dynamic mode of reflection and reflexivity. Using expressive and explorative writing combined with in-depth group work or mentoring and appropriate focused research, it enables deep, sensitive, critical examinations of practice.

Reflective Practice: Writing and Professional Development offers a searching and thorough approach which increases student and professional motivation, satisfaction, and deep levels of learning. Reflection, reflexivity, narrative, metaphor, complexity, and their use, are clearly explained, and the literary and artistic methods used are firmly grounded in educational theory and pedagogical principles.

The methods are appropriate to, and used worldwide by, pre-and post-experience professionals in in-service and Higher Education, in medicine, education, clinical psychology, nursing, therapy, counseling, leadership, life coaching, business management and HR development.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• An Introduction to Reflective Practice
• Narrative-Based Practice
• Through the Looking-Glass
• Writing as a Reflective Practitioner
• Principles of Reflective Practice
• Pulling Together
• Writing for Peers; Team Creation
• Why Narrative?
• Metaphor and Poetry
• Assessment and Evaluation
• How to Begin Writing
• The Learning Journal
• Writing in Genre
• Group Processes and Facilitation
• Reflection on Reflection

Author notes provided by Syndetics

The book offers a searching and thorough approach which increases student and professional motivation, satisfaction, and deep levels of learning. Reflection, reflexivity, narrative, metaphor, complexity, and their use, are clearly explained, and the literary and artistic methods used are firmly grounded in educational theory and pedagogical principles.

The methods are appropriate to, and used worldwide by, pre-and post-experience professionals in in-service and Higher Education, in medicine, education, clinical psychology, nursing, therapy, counselling, leadership, life coaching, business management and HR development.