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Reimagining the Diary: Reflective practice as a positive tool for educator wellbeing
15 March 2023
'Reimagining the Diary: Reflective practice as a positive tool for educator wellbeing' is the new book by Dr Lucy Kelly, School of Education, and was born from her research project on teacher and student wellbeing. The book is a research-informed guide to a structured, multimodal, playful, and creative approach to reflective practice through diary-keeping. This process of reflective practice identifies small changes that can be adopted to address wellbeing needs and rebalance work and life. A useful and increasingly necessary tool in the current educator wellbeing crisis.
- Reimagining the Diary: Reflective practice as a positive tool for educator wellbeing 15 March 2023 'Reimagining the Diary: Reflective practice as a positive tool for educator wellbeing' is the new book by Dr Lucy Kelly, School of Education, and was born from her research project on teacher and student wellbeing. The book is a research-informed guide to a structured, multimodal, playful, and creative approach to reflective practice through diary-keeping. This process of reflective practice identifies small changes that can be adopted to address wellbeing needs and rebalance work and life. A useful and increasingly necessary tool in the current educator wellbeing crisis.
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