Social Work As Reflective Practitioner
4. Social workers as reflective practitioners.
Reflection means the ability to think clearly and effectively to make sense of complex situations. Reflection is essential for a good practice as it helps to avoid the danger of falling into habits and routines. Thus reflection promotes diversity and a right to a self-determination for the clients. Giving that everybody can make mistakes sometimes, reflection is a good opportunity to engage analytical skills to promote learning and think why something did not work. Schon made a distinction between reflection-in-action or reflection while practicing and reflection-on-action referring to what happens after the event. Both practices should be connected to ensure the of the professional knowledge
Reflection means the ability to think clearly and effectively to make sense of complex situations. Reflection is essential for a good practice as it helps to avoid the danger of falling into habits and routines. Thus reflection promotes diversity and a right to a self-determination for the clients. Giving that everybody can make mistakes sometimes, reflection is a good opportunity to engage analytical skills to promote learning and think why something did not work. Schon made a distinction between reflection-in-action or reflection while practicing and reflection-on-action referring to what happens after the event. Both practices should be connected to ensure the of the professional knowledge