Research seminar
Date: Thursday 11 February 2010
Time: 12.45 - 1.45pm
Venue: Room 6231, Sir Frank Lampl Building, Kingston Hill Campus, Kingston University
Information and bookings: Johanna Moloney, tel +44 (0)20 8725 3924 or email j.moloney@sgul.kingston.ac.uk
The Interprofessional Institute (Health & Social Care)
Presented by Jan Fook, Director, Interprofessional Institute (Health & Social Care) and Professor of Professional Practice Research, Royal Holloway University of London.
Lunch will be provided from 12.45pm.
“Critical reflection is widely accepted in professional education, especially as a way of learning from experience. In my own experience of working with critical reflection with a range of professionals, I find that it works really well to articulate and represent the experiences of professional practice in a way which other research methods might not. It appears to help practitioners articulate their own experience, and the meaning of it, in complex ways. In the course of undertaking a critical reflection process, for example, people are able to refind and reaffirm fundamental values, and find a place for their own integrity within the restrictions of their jobs. This seminar explores how and whether critical reflection might be conceptualised as a research method which investigates such aspects of professional practice, but also assists people in learning from, and reworking, their own practice experience.”
Jan Fook is Professor of Professional Practice Research and Director of the Interprofessional Institute (SWan). She has had a long term interest in critical reflection in professional education, and extensive experience in running workshops for practising professionals. A recent book of hers is J. Fook & F. Gardner 92007) Practising Critical Reflection, Open University Press.
About the Faculty Research Seminar Series
This fortnightly seminar series aims to: share the research being undertaken in the Faculty, offer an opportunity for debate and exchange of ideas, and provide an opportunity for meeting others interested in health and social care research. The series is hosted by Professor Vari Drennan and Mary Halter.
- Next seminar in the series: Identifying and treating neuropathic pain
- Read more about research in the Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences