Reflective Practice: Writing and Professional Development

Reflective Practice: Writing and Professional Development is a newly updated fifth edition of Gillie Bolton’s bestselling book on reflective writing. It presents reflection as a creative and dynamic process, positioning writing as a way to support critical enquiry in professional development.

Used worldwide across disciplines including education, social work, business and management, medicine and healthcare, the book is aimed at students and professionals who want to develop reflective writing skills and examine their own practice in greater critical depth. This edition adds new material and updated guidance to support reflective work in contemporary settings.

Key details

• Fifth edition
• Author: Gillie Bolton
• Focuses on reflective writing as a creative, dynamic process for critical enquiry
• Includes an expanded range of exercises and activities
• Introduces a new emphasis on using e-portfolios
• Offers additional online resources and further guidance on reflective writing assignments

Synopsis

This fifth edition explores the role of reflective writing in building self-awareness, effectiveness and professional development. It develops reflective practice as a form of critical enquiry, with updated content that includes more exercises and activities, a stronger focus on e-portfolios, and further guidance for reflective writing assignments.

The book also expands its discussion of reflection as a key employability skill and is used across a wide range of disciplines worldwide, including education, social work, business and management, and medicine and healthcare.