Starting with the conclusion
Helen Hickson
Hello fellow publication bootcampers
I am a social worker and PhD student in Bendigo, Australia and I need to write a book chapter by the end of September. I don’t think this is as hard as a journal article, but I am hoping to use this activity to come up with something spectacular. I have had the abstract for the book chapter accepted and I have finished the research, so it should be all easy from here! Yet I have no idea what to say and how to say it.
I also need to let you know that I am currently travelling in Australia and although I am confident that I will have internet access most days, it has proven to be patchy. So please forgive me if I get lost or late – I will try and be super-organised and early where I can.
Anyway, here is my 150 word conclusion. It seems strange to start at the end, but then again, starting at any place seems like a good idea at the moment.
Helen
Conclusion
Critical reflection is a valuable tool for social workers to use to reflect on their practice and learn from their experiences. The Fook and Gardner (2007) model of critical reflection can be used in a group supervision context or to assist individual reflection, and is an effective way for deepening understanding about our interactions with other people. When learning about critical reflection techniques and methods, journaling is a useful way of noticing and recognising similarities or themes and changes in thinking. By noticing and deconstructing assumptions, workers are able to identify sensations of unease or discomfort and can then recognise, in real time, these sensations to trigger a prompt to reflect on the incident. In my research, participants had integrated critical reflection as a way of being rather than something that you do, and noticing internal triggers is an essential stage in stimulating critical reflection.
Sarah Stewart
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Sarah Stewart
Your conclusion looks good. I think you will tighten it up as you go along but you've made a great start.
What I am finding in my F2F project which is 10 days ahead of this virtual one, is the conclusion is helping me keep on track and stopping me from getting distracted so I'm finding the strategy of starting at the end a very useful one.
Sarah
Helen Hickson
Hi Sarah
The book is called Practicing Critical Reflection, http://www.amazon.co.uk/Practising-Critical-Reflection-Jan-Fook/dp/033522170X. this is the model that I have used for my PhD and I am researching how social workers use reflection. I have got a lot of reflection and critical reflection resources, and I am keen to catch up to discuss it more when I get home.
I agree that starting at the end is a great idea and I don’t understand why I didn’t think of this before. Now, it seems to be the logical place to start!
Cheers
Helen