Publication boot camp, week 1

[Sarah Stewart]

Hello everyone

The 6 week publication boot camp has started. Bronnie and I had a get together after a number of technical issues. We are very keen to proceed because we both need to get an article published before the end of the year. So this is what we have agreed:

1. I will continue to put everything on the wiki, which you are very welcome to follow.

2. I have set up a google email group for you to join, if you're interested. Bronnie and I will be using this group to send each other drafts etc, so you're very welcome to do the same. https://groups.google.com/group/publication-bootcamp/about?hl=en&noredirect=true

3. The 'Starting with the conclusion' activity must be completed by 12pm Sunday evening NZ - please send your paragraph to the email group for feedback.

4. The mapping exercise must be completed and sent to the email group by Wednesday 15th June NZ.

5. The next meeting will be at 21.00 hours Thursday 16th June NZ in Elluminate: http://elluminate.tekotago.ac.nz/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1260257489114  Please bring your mapping work.

thanks a lot, Sarah

[Sarah Stewart]

Hi Lisa, Bronnie and everyone else

I'm getting a few emails about a meeting tonight, but it is actually on Thursday evening 16th June at 21.00 hours NZ. I am happy to change it to early next week if you'd all rather do that

cheers Sarah

On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Lisa Barrett <li...@jelikin.org> wrote:

I can't get into the room, have I missed something Sarah, I have had a big week in court so I don't think i've been paying the attention I should.  The elluminate link doesn't get me in.
Lisa

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[Sarah Stewart]

Hi everyone

How are we doing with our papers? When do we want to meet for our Week 2 meeting? I am free pretty much every evening (NZ) except Thursday at 10pm.

Sarah

On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Bronnie Thompson <adi...@clear.net.nz> wrote:

I think I'd prefer early next week if possible.
cheers
B

Bronwyn Thompson
www.Healthskills.co.nz
Pain Management Clinician & Educator
Christchurch, NZ

Tel: 03-388-3868
Cell: 027-270-4225

[Bronnie Thompson]

I'll be doing some work on it this weekend, working on the mapping exercise hopefully.  I can meet any night after 8.00 I think.
cheers
Bronnie

Bronwyn Thompson
www.Healthskills.co.nz
Pain Management Clinician & Educator
Christchurch, NZ

Tel: 03-388-3868
Cell: 027-270-4225

[Helen Hickson]

Hi Sarah,

I still can’t rely on internet access so I will have to skip again this week. I have been working on my mapping work, and will send that through this afternoon.

 

Kind regards

 

Helen

[Helen Hickson]

Mind mapping:

Importance of journaling:

·         Writing as a permanent record of reflection is helpful.  Writing it down is helpful because it’s good to know that ideas don’t get lost or forgotten, and you can read back over them and remember what and how you were thinking at the time. Journalling can be handwriting in a journal, online or via email. Students in CR subject all commented on the value of journaling during the course, and the value of feedback from lecturers and other students, and all reported that they treasured these journals now and still read back over them.

·         Notice themes and be able to identify similarities. By journaling, you can read back over reflections and notice similarities and themes, and identify if there are things that happened that resulted in similar (or different outcomes).

·         Notice changes in thinking via changes in reflection. It is helpful to write this stuff down as memories about an incident change, and journaling helps to remember how you were thinking, feeling and the reasons why you made decisions, how you understand assumptions and what the other person might be thinking.

           

Triggers / learned sensitivity

·         Be able to identify/ notice triggers from journaling. Journalling was seen as an important way to keep track of, or notice the triggers. Reading over old journals from several years ago was seen as helpful and enjoyable.

·         Some participants describe a sensation that reminds them/ stimulates them to use critical reflection to  deconstruct  or explore assumptions.  For the people who didn’t journal, they described a feeling, like intuition, or  a sensation, or a psychological reminder that triggered a reminder that there was some mismatch of values or assumptions or something that warranted further explorations.

Integration of CR into professional practice eg as a way of being rather than something that you do

·         Participants talk about a way of being rather than something that they do. Is there a  conscious and unconscious aspect to reflection? How do we integrate critical reflection into professional practice?   All participants talked about critical reflection as something that is incorporated into themselves, rather than into work (professional practice)  or home (personal), it become part of you and a way of being, rather than something that you need to consciously do?

·         This leaves me wondering - Is there a  spectrum of reflection eg are  there different levels of how people reflect with critical reflection at one end of a spectrum as a much deeper type of reflection  and ‘ordinary reflection’ not sure of the words, at the other end. What might the aspects of these types of reflection be?