Developing Research Excellence and Methods

I'm going to be delivering a Reflective Writing Workshop at The University of Abertay in Dundee next month Wednesday 21st March 2012: 13:30 - 16.30

The workshop consists of presentations and exercises. It is suitable for Chartership, Re-validation and Certification candidates, and indeed anyone who wishes to reflect more effectively on their personal and professional development.

Learning outcomes:

• To understand and recognise:
• Why we reflect
• What reflective practice is
• What reflective writing is
• How to write effectively
• To practice reflective writing

The Career Development Group has been awarded the CILIP Seal of Recognition (http://www.cilip.org.uk/jobs-careers/qualifications/seal/Pages/default.aspx). Delegates will receive a certificate of attendance if requested.

Previous attendees found this workshop and its practical exercises very useful.

Cost: ?35 + VAT (includes refreshments)

Places are limited. For more information and to book contact Celia Jenkins c.jenkins@ed.ac.uk.
Closing date for booking is Wednesday 14th March 2012.

For many Reflective Practice / Writing does not come easy and indeed for my Chartership I had no experience of what reflective writing was all about. A couple of years later I was enlightened by a Reflective Practice Module I took at Glasgow Caledonian University as part of an MSC in Lifelong Learning and Development. There I was introduced to the writing and teaching of Dr Jenny Moon and saw for myself how a piece of writing can become less descriptive and more reflective. I now share that with other people and last year was approached by Celia Jenkins to produce and deliver a Reflective Practice / Writing Workshop for CILIP CDG (Career Development Group) Scotland. The first workshop was ran last year and proved successful so another is being run.