SWP 341 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Frankfurt School
12 Apr 2018
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"reflecting-in-action: by practising self-awareness and critical reflection, social workers are able to "reflect in practice", by asking certain questions of ourselves that focus on the following: "reflection-on-action" in order to learn, confirm good practice, analyse mistakes and develop alternative actions and responses. At a personal level, we have seen the need to develop and maintain an awareness of our own strengths and weaknesses, a capacity to tolerate and contain our irrational feelings and responses, and a discipline of self-(cid:272)riti(cid:272)al refle(cid:272)tio(cid:374). (cid:863) Critical thinking & case notes/recordings: reflexivity, its meanings and relevance for social work: a critical review of the literature. The reflective approach to theory and practice: the reflective approach, a model for improving practice by reflecting directly on experience, exposing problematic gaps between espoused and enacted theory it involves: "bottom-up" understanding of theory and practice closing the gap, which may improve practice. In searching for discrepancies between implicit and explicit assumptions: as a starting point for evaluating practice, 2.
