Integrating Reflection in Writing

Reflection in/and writing: pedagogy and practice in medical education.

During the past decade, "reflection" and "reflective writing" have become familiar terms and practices in medical education. The authors of this article argue that the use of the terms requires more thoughtfulness and precision, particularly because medical educators ask students to do so much reflection and reflective writing. First, the authors discuss John Dewey's thoughts on the elements of...

A reflection on plasticity research in writing dystonia.

Much attention has focused on the hypothesis that there is enhanced plasticity of sensorimotor circuits in patients with dystonia. A common experimental method to assess plasticity in dystonia research is paired associative stimulation (PAS). Excessive, nonfocal effects of PAS were observed in early studies of dystonia; however, these large effects have not been uniformly replicated. In this vi...

Linear Unit Grammar: Integrating Speech and Writing

Linear Unit Grammar (LUG), as described in this book of the same title, is an attempt to overcome the limitations of hierarchical structures when describing utterances, especially spoken ones. Instead of the all so familiar tree diagrams, utterances are viewed as a linear sequence of chunks, phraseological units that perform certain functions. LUG follows the work by Brazil (1995), which introd...

Integrating Standards: Considerations for Language and Writing

Nursing Students` Experiences of Narrative Writing- Reflection in Clinical Education: A Qualitative Study

  Introduction: Narrative writing- reflection is an effective method in health sciences students’ clinical education. This study aimed to explore nursing students’ experiences of narrative writing- reflection method in clinical education. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted using conventional content analysis approach in Baqiyatallah nursing faculty. Data were collected through six pe...