Work discussion : learning from reflective practice in work with children and families / edited by Margaret Rustin & Jonathan Bradley ; foreword by Trudy Klauber.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-295) and index.

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COVER; CONTENTS; SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; PART I WORK DISCUSSION: AN OVERVIEW; CHAPTER ONE Work discussion: some historical and theoretical observations; CHAPTER TWO The work discussion seminar: a learning environment; CHAPTER THREE What's happening? Some thoughts on the experience of being in a work discussion group; CHAPTER FOUR Work discussion groups at work: applying the method; PART II CASE STUDIES; CHAPTER FIVE Work in educational settings; CHAPTER SIX Work in health and residential settings.

'Work Discussion brings together a combination of close observation of, and personal and interpersonal responses to, the minutiae of the work setting and its dynamics, both internal and external. Such a model depends on the development of hard-won capacities, and the descriptions offered here, both by students and by experienced staff, fully demonstrate the immense relevance of the approach, both to training and to a wide variety of work situations. The book first outlines the process of the method itself, followed by descriptions of a range of settings, both in Britain and abroad, in which th.

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