Peeling back the layers

I mentioned in my previous post that Thesis Whisperer, Professor Inger Mewburn from ANU, had written a post touching on her PhD research fin...

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When to refer on, part 1

How do we 'know' when we are working within our own practice competence? And from there, how do we then decide to refer clients on? ...

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A written reflection example

I think most of us in the social sciences are conversant with Borton's model of reflection (1970): the three stage reflection model: ...

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Reflection for career practitioners

Reflection is a core skill practiced by many in social service roles, including career development. It "is conscious, experientially in...

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Reflecting on PD

Over the past couple of years I have written a few posts on the intersection between professional development and reflection ( here , and lo...

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PD sanctions and benefits

I have written a couple of posts about professional development logs ( here ), but a few things about PD are still niggling. Firstly, should...

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Professional development reflection logs

My curious nature means that I do a lot of annual PD: usually over 400 hours (of courses, conferences and reading). The professional organis...

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Beginning to reflect

Recently I had a question from a student asking, when we are new to the field, how do we reflect on our practice? A great question. My adv...

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What is critical reflection

Critical reflection has been a "process of becoming critically aware of how [...] we see ourselves and our relationships [...] and act...

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The benefits of reflection

When we are learning something new, we need to reflect to embed our learning. By creating the space to reflect on our learning, we will not ...

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A primer on reflecting

In career practice, a key way of ensuring we progress is to we need to reflect. We think deeply about what frightens us; what we are worried...

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Two reflective models for career practice

Earlier this year, a student asked "I thought the reflection might have been supposed to be about the case, but [is] it [about] what ha...

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The risks of reflection

The benefits of critical reflection are clear in the are shared realities we have as practitioners, having a community of practice, and shar...

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Reflective feedback

Swanson and Fouad propose "five critical components in effective career interventions" of which the first two are "written ex...

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A guide to good reflection

Reflection is personal. It is thinking deeply - pondering, cogitating, being introspective - about an experience, analysing those experien...

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