This paper begins by exploring the principles underpinning 'reflective practice'. The impact of reflection on the nursing profession is discussed, with particular attention being paid to nursing education. The value of reflective practice in nursing has been subject to considerable debate. This paper reviews both the claimed strengths and shortcomings of 'reflection', particularly in relation t...

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AIM This paper is a report of a correlational study of the relations of nursing students' acquired reflective skills, practical skills and theoretical knowledge on their perception of coherence between theory and practice. BACKGROUND Reflection is considered a key factor in bridging the gap between theory and practice. However, it is not evident whether reflective skills are primarily generic...

Purpose This paper aims to analyse student perspectives on the contribution that teaching anticipatory reflection can make development of their reflective practice. The project explores lived experiences and value students attribute these in helping them bridge transfer gap between learning Design/methodology/approach An interpretivist approach is taken whereby reflections students' practicing ...

This paper provides an analysis on the discourses of reflective practice and evidence-based practice. It commences by examining the role of discourse in describing and defining our beliefs and attitudes. Consequently, it argues that each discourse is based on a certain epistemology, which in effect are language constructs that create realities and like all language constructs, the epistemology ...

Reflective teaching methodology involves questioning one own self to bring perfection by asking the following questions: • Which teaching model am I using? • How does it apply in specific teaching situations? • How well is it working? Teacher educator should apply this theory in classroom practice, in order observe and reflects on the results so that the classroom becomes a kind of laboratory w...