Reflective Teaching and Learning in the Health Professions (eBook)

David Kember is the editor of Reflective Teaching and Learning in the Health Professions: Action Research in Professional Education, published by Wiley.

Contents 7
Preface 9
Contributors 12
Preview 15
Part I: Introduction 23
1 The nature of reflection 25
2 Action research and its application to the project 51
Part 11: Developing reflective teaching in five healthcare courses 65
3 The action research process 67
4 Integrating theory and practice 79
5 The use of learning contracts 90
6 Writing reflective journals 106
7 Promoting discussion from reflective writing 124
Part III: Synthesising conclusions about curricula 133
8 Encouraging reflective writing 135
9 Facilitating critical discussion 148
Part rV: The nature of reflection 159
10 The affective dimension of reflection 161
11 Triggers for reflection 174
12 Reflections on reflection 189
References 198
Index 205

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