Professional experience & the investigative imagination : the art of reflective writing / / Richard Winter and Alyson Buck and Paula Sobiechowska

• Autore: Winter Richard <1943, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
• Disciplina: 378/.013
• Soggetto topico: Professional education; Practicums; Creative writing - Study and teaching
• Altri autori: BuckAlyson <1954-> SobiechowskaPaula <1959->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-230) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover Page; PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & THE INVESTIGATIVE IMAGINATION; Cover Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of stories and patchwork texts; 1 Reflecting on experience and the imaginative construction of meaning: writing and sharing 'fictions'; Prologue; Sharing stories; Constructing a 'patchwork text'; Writing fictions as a contribution to 'methods' for reflection; Conclusion; 2 The imagination of meaning: writing and interpreting stories in a professional context; Introduction; Stories; The story-writing workshops ; Example 1: a story as a statement: repetition and reversalExample 2: a story as a projection of sympathy/empathy; Example 3: empathy/stereotyping/identification; Example 4: contrasts (I): theory and practice; Example 5: contrasts (II): professional and client; Example 6: contrasts (III): theatre and society; Example 7: a ghost story; Example 8: a story as a metaphor for practice (I): an exotic myth; Example 9: a story as a metaphor for practice (II): a mundane allegory; Example 10: what is a story? (I): 'reflexivity': a story about writing a story ; Example 11: what is a story? (II): voices for a 'documentary'Example 12: what is a story? (III): a patchwork of quotations; 3 The 'patchwork text': shaping meaning through the the exploration of diversity; Introduction; The patchwork text; The 'reflective writing' course; Example 1: Opening up the ending of 'a story'; Example 2: Variations on a theme; Example 3: Exploring a role; Example 4: 'Professional' meanings in 'personal' experience; Example 5: Exploring personal 'origins' for professional 'skills'; Example 6: Exploring a role (II) ; 4 The reflective writing course: distance-learning materialsIntroduction; Session 1: reflective writing, ground rules, sharing, getting started; Session 2: beginnings, endings, continuations; Session 3: writing fiction; Session 4: writing as an exploration, moving from detail to generalisation; Session 5: ways of 'structuring' a text, irony; Session 6: metaphor, the variety of writing 'formats'; Session 7: constructing a 'patchwork text'; Session 8: putting together the final draft; Two notes for course tutors; 5 Participants' views: 'What was it like and what effect did it have?' ; Participants' experience of the reflective writing courseThe impact of the course on participants' practice; Responses to the story-writing workshops; 6 ' Breaking the mould', a case study: experiencing the reflective writing course; 7 Artistry, fiction and reflection: the strange absence of the creativ imagination in professional education; Introduction; The reflective paradigm (I): a summary; The reflective paradigm (II): theoretical and political context; Reflection and 'the shaping spirit of imagination'; From 'literature' to 'storying experience' ; The multi-voiced text: collage, montage, patchwork
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explains and demonstrates how creative writing can be used successfully in the context of professional education where traditionally a more distanced approach to reporting on professional experience has been favoured.It is based on many practical examples, drawn from several years' experience of running courses for social workers, nurses, teachers, managers and higher education staff, in which participants explore their professional practice through imaginative forms of writing. The participants experience of the work is presented through a discussion of interviews and evaluative
• Altri titoli varianti: Professional experience and the investigative imagination
• Titolo autorizzato: Professional experience & the investigative imagination
• ISBN: 1-134-64599-6; 1-134-64600-3; 0-203-06229-9; 1-280-33018-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783838903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II