Journaling and Reflective Practice Sarah Stewart 2008 [email_address] Acknowledgment: Dr Deborah Davis Image: ' Pencils and Moleskines 04 ' www.flickr.com/photos/33586091@N00/82648702

Why reflect? Image: ' Tranquility ' www.flickr.com/photos/27238916@N04/2875665576 Question Get beyond the status quo Think Problem-solve Decision-making

Different ways to reflect Image: ' Scraparadise ' www.flickr.com/photos/84792997@N00/2455881183 Journaling Audio Video Poetry Singing Music Performance art Painting

Why keep a journal? To remember & record your thoughts, feelings, actions and practices A record for you to revisit and analyze Helps you think things through Allows you to see where you’re at, where you’ve been and where you’re going Image: ' fountain pen ' www.flickr.com/photos/14318462@N00/48771723

To remember & record your thoughts, feelings, actions and practices

A record for you to revisit and analyze

Helps you think things through

Allows you to see where you’re at, where you’ve been and where you’re going

What do you need? Pen or pencil Paper eg old exercise book Computer or typewriter Image: ' From where I sit ' www.flickr.com/photos/19487674@N00/286076777

Pen or pencil

Paper eg old exercise book

Computer or typewriter

Where? Somewhere quiet, warm, safe and comfortable where you can think without interruption

Somewhere quiet, warm, safe and comfortable

where you can think without interruption

When? Straight after an event before you forget Or A little while after the event so you have had time to think about what happened At a time when you can quietly write with no interruptions Journaling can be time-consuming so don’t pick a time when you are rushed Image: ' Tiempo ' www.flickr.com/photos/28328732@N00/121373933

Straight after an event before you forget

Or

A little while after the event so you have had time to think about what happened

At a time when you can quietly write with no interruptions

Journaling can be time-consuming so don’t pick a time when you are rushed

What to write? No rules – this is YOUR journal Start with every day ‘stuff’ Doesn’t have to be a drama It could be an event of the day, how you are feeling, or what you are reading

No rules – this is YOUR journal

Start with every day ‘stuff’

Doesn’t have to be a drama

It could be an event of the day, how you are feeling, or what you are reading

Journaling… will help you think about what you already know give you time to think further and gain deeper understanding can stimulate critical thinking

will help you think about what you already know

give you time to think further and gain deeper understanding

can stimulate critical thinking

What is critical reflection? Looking at the big picture Image: ' Téléscope ' www.flickr.com/photos/77319680@N00/2604912201

Influences on what goes on around us Image: ' ? ' www.flickr.com/photos/42788859@N00/318946369 Why did she do that? Why did that happen? Why did I do it that way? What was he thinking? What does the literature say? What is the evidence? What was said? Why was that said?

Influences of attitudes and beliefs Culture History Where do they come from? How have attitudes and beliefs changed? How do attitudes and beliefs affect what we say and do? Who is served by these attitudes and beliefs

Influences of politics Image: ' Oxfam Africa Health Stunt, G8, 6 June+2007 ‘ www.flickr.com/photos/60364452@N00/534774915 Power Control Funding Choice Agenda Status quo Model of care

Journaling as a tool for reflective practice Enables us to become better writers, express our hopes and dreams Watch our personal and professional growth and development. Gives us opportunities for learning, and enables us to explore our inner selves and the outer context we live and practice in. Supports our actions which are based on new insights and learning that result from critical reflection.

Enables us to become better writers, express our hopes and dreams

Watch our personal and professional growth and development.

Gives us opportunities for learning, and enables us to explore our inner selves and the outer context we live and practice in.

Supports our actions which are based on new insights and learning that result from critical reflection.

References Brammer, E. (2008). Journaling: The basics . Retrieved October 10, 2008, from http://www.slideshare.net/ebrammer/journaling-545270 Taylor, B. (2000). Reflective practice: a guide for nurses and midwives. St Leonards, Allen and Unwin. Thanks to Dr Deborah Davis, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, whose previous work this slideshow is based on.

Brammer, E. (2008). Journaling: The basics . Retrieved October 10, 2008, from http://www.slideshare.net/ebrammer/journaling-545270

Taylor, B. (2000). Reflective practice: a guide for nurses and midwives. St Leonards, Allen and Unwin.

Thanks to Dr Deborah Davis, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, whose previous work this slideshow is based on.