Professional experience & the investigative imagination : the art of reflective writing /
Professional experience and the investigative imagination
Richard Winter, Alyson Buck and Paula Sobiechowska.
- xvi, 237 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-230) and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- list of stories and patchwork texts -- reflecting on experience and the imaginative construction of meaning: writing and sharing 'fictions' -- the imagination of meaning: writing and interpreting stories in a professional context -- the 'patchwork text': shaping meaning through the exploration of diversity -- the reflective writing course: distance- learning materials -- participants' view: 'what was it like and what effect did it have?' -- 'breaking the mould', a case study: experiencing the reflective writing course -- artistry, fiction and reflection: the strange absence of the creative imagination in professional education.
Explaining how creative writing can be used successfully in the context of professional education, this text argues that there is a role for such an imaginative style in an area that has traditionally favoured a more distanced approach. This book explains how creative writing can be used successfully in the context of professional education. It argues that there is a role for this imaginative style in an area that has traditionally favoured a more distanced approach.
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Professional education. Practicums. Creative writing--Study and teaching.