Narrative writing: reflective enquiry into professional practice

Bolton, Gillie

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“…Thus, the use of a set of fictional narratives is a most effective way to draw together all of our views of the learning situation for further analysis. Bolton (2006) justified stories as a way of making sense of and organising our lives and viewed them as an automatic function of our minds, which play and replay stories so that characters alter and perspectives change. Like Clough (2002), Bolton did not try to define narrative as having a particular structure but focused on the meaning that stories hold for us individually and collectively.…”

Section: An Ethical and Relevant Methodologymentioning

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Peer support groups: fostering a deeper approach to learning through critical reflection on practice

Bold

2008

Reflective Practice

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Twenty part-time first year foundation degree students and two tutors in an English higher education institution engaged in an internally funded collaborative action research project. We explored the establishment of peer support groups to support students' reflection on practice, based on the 10 principles of reflective practice described by Ghaye and Ghaye in 1998. Over 10 weeks the tutor and students engaged in weekly peer group discussions focusing on students' developmental understanding and use of each principle. As participant observer over six weeks I noted and reflected upon incidents that had relevance to the investigation. The students kept group reflective records and the module tutor wrote an informal diary record of her perceptions of the broader impact of the peer group sessions over time. We all engaged in weekly discussions about the initiative. Regular peer group activities appeared to support deeper learning approaches and an increase in students' reflective capacity.

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Peer support groups: fostering a deeper approach to learning through critical reflection on practice

Bold

2008

Reflective Practice

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“…One way to examine beliefs and dispositions is through stories. Narrative study proponent Bolton (2006) states that 'we are brought up surrounded by stories; they flow through us and ratify us from birth, telling us who we are and where we belong, what is right and what is wrong' (205). Both evidence and experience suggest that people find stories to be powerful -as entertainment, as windows into the lives of others, as stimuli to shape and make sense of personal feelings and experiences.…”

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Everybody has a story: storytelling as a community building exploration of equity and access

Baloche

2014

Intercultural Education

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“…Responding to these types of concerns, Bolton (2006) alerts us to the power of narrative in reflection and reflexivity which are key components of the action approach. The critial role which storying plays in the construction of identity, personal and professional lives is highligted in action methods.…”

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Building action focused research in social care organisations

Sanders

Munford

2008

Educational Action Research

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This article presents a model for action research in family practice. It reviews three research projects used by the authors over the past decade. Drawing on learning from each, the article discusses a model for undertaking ongoing, embedded action research in organisational settings. The contribution that action methods can make to the development of such research is highlighted. The model is based on the principle that relevant and usable knowledge is created through relationships -the nature of these relationships influences what gets known, who knows it and how knowledge can be used and who it can be used by. Because they are intentionally focused on change, action research approaches have a major contribution to make to the development of understanding of what types of interventions work with families. Their emphasis on the situated and relational nature of knowledge generates deep understandings of how families and workers make sense of their worlds.

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Narrative writing: reflective enquiry into professional practice

Cited by 118 publications

References 30 publications

Peer support groups: fostering a deeper approach to learning through critical reflection on practice

Peer support groups: fostering a deeper approach to learning through critical reflection on practice

Everybody has a story: storytelling as a community building exploration of equity and access

Building action focused research in social care organisations

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