The document discusses using reflective journaling to teach critical thinking skills. It defines critical thinking and outlines five categories of learning based on Säljö (1979), including learning as acquiring facts or memorizing, making sense of information, and reinterpreting knowledge. Deep learning focuses on understanding relationships between ideas while surface learning focuses on memorization. The document also discusses reflective practice, guidelines for reflective journaling, and how contextual learning interventions can incorporate reflection to develop critical thinking in nursing practice.

1. Teaching/Learning Critical Thinking Using Reflective Journaling By Dr. Mara Kaufmann RN

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10. Contextual Learning: A Reflective Learning Intervention for Nursing Education “ Contextual learning is a reflective learning intervention that offers new possibilities for nurse educators to prepare nurses to think critically in practice.”……. “ Educational methodologies that incorporate the use of context in a reflective, dialogical approach over time hold much promise in developing a dynamic process of thinking in practice.” (Forneris & Peden-McAlpine, 2006)