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Reflective journal writing in nurse education: whose interests does it serve?
Author(s) -
Wellard S J,
Bethune E
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1996.tb02946.x
Subject(s) - sociology , power (physics) , structuralism (philosophy of science) , journal writing , nurse educator , pedagogy , reflective writing , psychology , medical education , nursing , nurse education , engineering ethics , medicine , teaching method , epistemology , philosophy , engineering , physics , quantum mechanics
The use of reflective journal writing has become popularized in the past decade This paper uses the experience of two university lecturers to problematize this practice The practice of journal writing in nursing courses is explored firstly through the lens of critical theory and secondly that of post‐structuralism This paper challenges nurse academics to confront the power relationships established by the adoption of journal writing uncritically into courses