Sociology, Teaching, and Reflective Practice

Teaching Space Syntax through Reflective Practice 055

At previous space syntax symposia discussions have arisen as to the best way to use space syntax methods as a teaching tool at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Using the example of the first exercise given to students on the MSc Advanced Architectural Studies at the Bartlett, UCL, we will present our experience in teaching space syntax as a tool for investigating the relationship between s...

Unconsidered activity, craft expertise and reflective practice in teaching

Reflective Practice in Nursing Care

Introduction: Reflective practice is a generic term for intellectual and affective activities that create new understanding and appreciation of experiences. Various studies have emphasized on the benefits of reflection in nursing. This article reviewed benefits and barriers of reflective practice in nursing. Methods: In this review article, library references, some scientific databases (Elsevi...

Reflective Learning and Teaching: A Review

Introduction: One of the most important characteristic of human being is his ability to learn. Structuralists believe that learning is an active process through which learners explores the principles, meanings and facts by themselves. Learner’s participation in learning process is one of the active learning strategies and reflective learning is considered as an active teaching method which is i...

Section: Teaching Health Sociology

Most serious efforts aimed at linking social and behavioral sciences knowledge to medical practice have included "models" which integrate social and behavioral science concepts. We argue that such an integration is intellectually problematic due to an important analytic distinction between "social" sciences and "psychological" sciences. If the social explanation of illness is to become useful i...