Values, Beliefs, and Attitudes About Reflective Practice in Australian Social Work Education and Practice

Reflective practice and critical reflection are considered crucial to learning practising social work. Based on qualitative analysis of interviews with Australian work practitioners, students, academics this article offers a description the strong normative role reflective plays in contemporary practice. The research was conducted as part larger interpretive study into how is understood education Australia. found that central development wisdom, accountability, self-awareness. paper discusses for worker agency. also outlines formative theory reflection. IMPLICATIONSReflective can be viewed important distinct capabilities professional practice.Reflective an foundation emergence practitioner agency.As more likely develop workers who have had opportunity learn theory, it ensure included foundational curricula.