Reflective practice and participant involvement in research

Reflective Practice in Nursing Care

Introduction: Reflective practice is a generic term for intellectual and affective activities that create new understanding and appreciation of experiences. Various studies have emphasized on the benefits of reflection in nursing. This article reviewed benefits and barriers of reflective practice in nursing. Methods: In this review article, library references, some scientific databases (Elsevi...

Research ethics. Research practice and participant preferences: the growing gulf.

Openness, inclusion and transparency in the practice of public involvement in research: A reflective exercise to develop best practice recommendations

CONTEXT Reflective accounts of public involvement in research (PI) are important for helping researchers plan and deliver more effective PI activities. In particular, there is a need to address power differentials between team members that can prohibit effective and meaningful involvement. OBJECTIVE To critically reflect on the PI practices that underpinned our research project on intimacy an...

In Practice Practice - Relevant Research in Mediation : Toward a Reflective Research Paradigm

Donald Schon has advanced the notion that a systematic understanding of professional practice can be built on the reflective insights of skilled practitioners. The "reflective practitioner" paradigm is well suited to mediation research. A study of divorce mediation illustrates how Schon's seminal ideas can be translated into research procedures with broad applicability to a variety of mediation...

Rethinking Critically Reflective Research Practice: Beyond Popper’s Critical Rationalism

We all know that ships are safest in the harbor; but alas, that is not what ships are built for. They are destined to leave the harbor and to confront the challenges that are waiting beyond the harbor mole. A similar challenge confronts the practice of research. Research at work cannot play it safe and stay in whatever theoretical and methodological harbors in which it may have found shelter in...