Reflection and Ethics...

We had some great conversations around reflection and ethics this evening with people from Module one and two contributing to this discussion group.

We recognised how reflection offers a kind of making-sense of past experiences, attributing value and learning from in order to situate and continue on the journey of our professional practice. We noticed how ethics are central to our lives and practice, not something only addressed through research (just that ethics become neccesarily visible then perhaps) and we discussed both ethical considerations, how we are mindful of our actions, words, practice and the potential impact is has on those around us, and how these considerations cannot avoid the social, cultural and historical contexts from which they emerge, and ethical procedures, the ways in which we may go about informing and 'safe-guarding' others of our practice-research. The MORE process we use in Module Two is just this, the ethical procedures that the university requires you to undertake in order to approve your proposal for a research inquiry.

Rhoda bought a good point into the discussion, that of Self-Care, how we might develop a sense of our own ethics as central to who we are particularly when there is no other overtly recognised ethical practice or policy in place to support us, Rhoda will blog more on this. Tara shared some literature she's been reading around Social Research and talked about how she related this to conversations from a previous skype discussion, she will blog more on this in relation to reflection and ethics.. Christopher, Jovanka, Catherine, Nighat, Marianella will also blog their thoughts extending from this conversation. A great discussion with lots of valuable areas raised by you all...thank you.

I look forward to reading your blogs for more, do add your addresses to the comments here!