Promoting Deep Learning Through Personal Reflective E-Journaling: A Case Study

Social Work Students’ Experience and Management of Countertransference

“…Students engage extensively in small group self-reflection activities concerning poverty, gender and loss (themes that have emerged as the most common personal challenges our students face with the most significant implications for field practice). They keep a weekly personal reflection journal (Van Breda & Agherdien, 2012), share their personal experiences in small internship classes with tutors, write an extended self-essay, and begin to think about how these vulnerabilities might impact on their professional practice. The lecturers and tutors model selfdisclosure and vulnerability.…”

The phenomenology of colonialism: Exploring perspectives of social work graduates in the African university

“…This suggests a need for context-specific exploration of how historical bequests are understood and influence students' experiences in African universities. This is of particular relevance to social work education, since social work is about reflection on experiences in order to facilitate insightful learning (Van Breda and Agherdien, 2012). Hence, this article explores social work graduates' understanding of colonialism.…”

“…Hence participants' definitions and perspectives of colonialism reflect their different experiences, exposure, understanding, and context. According to Van Breda and Agherdien (2012), linking university education to personal life experiences allows students to bring into the university context their diverse perspectives based on their diverse exposure. This article is thus against the idea of one truth and one law that need to be discovered to explain all human behaviour and cultures (Mignolo, 2015).…”