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The lost path to emancipatory practice: towards a history of reflective practice in nursing
Author(s) -
Nelson Sioban
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
nursing philosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.367
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1466-769X
pISSN - 1466-7681
DOI - 10.1111/j.1466-769x.2011.00535.x
Subject(s) - reflective practice , nursing practice , action (physics) , identity (music) , sociology , epistemology , reflection (computer programming) , reflective thinking , communicative action , nursing , pedagogy , medicine , philosophy , aesthetics , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , programming language
This paper historicizes the taken‐for‐granted acceptance of reflection as a fundamental professional practice in nursing. It draws attention to the broad application of reflective practice, from pedagogy to practice to regulation, and explores the epistemological basis upon which the authority of reflective discourse rests. Previous work has provided a series of critiques of the logic and suitability of reflective practice across all domains of nursing. The goal of this paper is to commence a history of nursing's reflective identity. The paper begins with a discussion of Dewey and Schön then focuses on Habermas's Theory of Communicative Action as the epistemological basis of reflective practice's standing as a authoritative discourse in nursing.