Reflective Practice: Writing and Professional Development - Softcover

Bolton, Gillie

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9781848602120: Reflective Practice: Writing and Professional Development

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ISBN 10: 184860212X ISBN 13: 9781848602120

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2010

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In the new third edition of this popular and highly readable book, the author draws on her considerable experience and extensive research to demonstrate a creative dynamic mode of reflection and reflexivity. Using expressive and explorative writing combined with in-depth group work/mentoring alongside appropriate focussed research, it enables critical yet sensitive examinations of practice.

Gillie offers a searching and thorough approach which increases student and professional motivation, satisfaction, and deep levels of learning. She clearly explains reflection; reflexivity; narrative; metaphor, and complexity, and grounds the literary and artistic methods in educational theory and values. Clear step-by-step practical methods are given for every aspect of the process.

New to this edition are:

A chapter presenting different ways of undertaking and facilitating reflective practice
Further international coverage, including material from Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

The Third Edition also includes:

An annotated glossary explaining key terms
End-of-chapter activities and exercises
Suggested further reading, and clear guides on chapter contents and how to use the book.

Companion website www.uk.sagepub.com/bolton
An accompanying companion website includes a range of free additional materials for lecturers and students to use in tutorials and for independent study, including discussion, workshop exercises, glossary and online readings.

The methods are appropriate to, and used worldwide by, students and professionals across education; medicine and healthcare; clinical psychology; therapy; social work; pastoral care; counselling; police; business management; organisational consultancy; leadership training.

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Review:

'The text is liberally sprinkled with quotations and references from practitioners, scholars, philosophers and key thinkers...Bolton’s overall argument is persuasive; anyone involved in the academic world or in a ‘thinking’ profession would find it hard to challenge the suggestion that the process of writing

is developmental, helping to identify gaps in knowledge and adding to the journey of

exploration of one’s assumptions, ideas and knowledge'
- Susan Khan, Educate

'A student of mine said that this book not only made him understand how to use reflective method with international perspectives, but opened up his postgraduate studies in many positive directions. I can think of no higher praise for a text that remains both core and contemporary and encourages professional creativity not only for teacher trainees and for students at Masters and Doctoral levels in Education but across many other subject areas' - Richard Race, Senior Lecturer, Roehampton University, UK

About the Author:

Dr Gillie Bolton is an international authority on writing and author of a long publication list including nine books (one in 4th Edition), academic papers (many in top ranking journals), as well as professional articles, poetry, and for a lay readership. She has peer-reviewed for many journals and has been a long serving editor of an academic and two professional journals.

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