Journaling And Reflective Practice

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1. Slide 1: Journaling and Reflective Practice Image: 'Pencils and Moleskines 04' Sarah Stewart 2008 www.flickr.com/photos/33586091@N00/ sarahstewart07@gmail.com 82648702 Acknowledgment: Dr Deborah Davis
2. Slide 2: Why reflect? Image: 'Tranquility' www.flickr.com/photos/27238916@N04/2875665576
3. Slide 3: Different ways to reflect Image: 'Scraparadise' www.flickr.com/photos/84792997@N00/2455881183
4. Slide 4: Why keep a journal? • To remember & record your thoughts, feelings, actions and practices • A record for you to revisit and analyze • Helps you think things through • Allows you to see where you’re at, where you’ve been and where you’re going Image: 'fountain pen' www.flickr.com/photos/14318462@N00/48771723
5. Slide 5: What do you need? Image: 'From where I sit' www.flickr.com/photos/194 87674@N00/286076777 Pen or pencil Paper eg old exercise book Computer or typewriter
6. Slide 6: Where? Somewhere quiet, warm, safe and comfortable where you can think without interruption
7. Slide 7: When? • Straight after an event before you forget Or • A little while after the event so you have had time to think about what happened • At a time when you can quietly write with no interruptions • Journaling can be time-consuming so don’t pick a time when you are rushed Image: 'Tiempo' www.flickr.com/photos/28328732@N00/121373933
8. Slide 8: What to write? • No rules – this is YOUR journal • Start with every day ‘stuff’ • Doesn’t have to be a drama • It could be an event of the day, how you are feeling, or what you are reading
9. Slide 9: Journaling… • will help you think about what you already know • give you time to think further and gain deeper understanding • can stimulate critical thinking
10. Slide 10: What is critical reflection? Image: 'Téléscope' www.flickr.com/photos/77319680@N00/2604912201
11. Slide 11: Influences on what goes on around us What was he thinking? Why did she do that? What was said? What is the evidence? What does the literature say? Why was that said? Why did I do it that way? Why did that happen? Image: '?' www.flickr.com/photos/42788859@N00/318946369
12. Slide 12: Influences of attitudes and beliefs Where do they come from? Who is served by these attitudes and beliefs How do attitudes and beliefs affect what we say and do? How have attitudes and beliefs changed?
13. Slide 13: Influences of politics Image: 'Oxfam Africa Health Stunt, G8, 6 June+2007‘ www.flickr.com/photos/60364452@N00/534774915
14. Slide 14: Journaling as a tool for reflective practice • Enables us to become better writers, express our hopes and dreams • Watch our personal and professional growth and development. • Gives us opportunities for learning, and enables us to explore our inner selves and the outer context we live and practice in. • Supports our actions which are based on new insights and learning that result from critical reflection.
15. Slide 15: References • Brammer, E. (2008). Journaling: The basics. Retrieved October 10, 2008, from http://www.slideshare.net/ebrammer/journaling-545270 • Taylor, B. (2000). Reflective practice: a guide for nurses and midwives. St Leonards, Allen and Unwin. • Thanks to Dr Deborah Davis, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, whose previous work this slideshow is based on.