Living Alongside: A Narrative Inquiry into the Impact of Reflective Practice Training in Real Life

摘要: The purpose of this narrative inquiry (NI) was to explore, through personal narratives, the experience impact Reflective Practice (RP) training (offered an institute for collaborative communication housed within a large southeastern regional research one university) and subsequent practice on day-to-day lives two participants. While most published studies focus RP during or immediately after training, spanned seven months post training. Field texts were generated from five open, non-structured interviews, journals, field notes. findings framed NI commonplaces temporality, sociality, place, as well seminal theories supporting concept that dialogic interactions continuously shape transform our ways being. researcher’s “alongside” participants wove her presence into story. Participants storied experiences in context four themes: changes their roles at work home, using aspects RP, choosing better being relationship with others, practicing future support improve skills. They described shifts own behavior while, result of, RP. Through reflective listening, suspending judgements pre-conceptions, actively be open new possibilities (reflective, framing, theorizing levels RP) they discovered seeing things, engaged types interactions, created relationships family members colleagues relative pre-RP. Their include Mezirow’s three transformative learning: critical reflection, discourse, action, leading both women describing improved experiencing themselves human beings