Child protection workers' understanding of the meaning and value of self-reflection in Estonia. Issue 2 (4th March 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Child protection workers' understanding of the meaning and value of self-reflection in Estonia. Issue 2 (4th March 2019)
- Main Title:
- Child protection workers' understanding of the meaning and value of self-reflection in Estonia
- Authors:
- Toros, Karmen
LaSala, Michael C. - Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: This article describes an exploratory qualitative study in Estonia that focuses on how child protection workers ( N = 93) perceive and understand the meaning and value of self-reflection. Participants discussed self-reflection in the context of self-analysis, motivation to improve professional performance, negative self-appraisal, and feedback from peers and clients. The findings highlight the workers' emphasis on self-perceived weaknesses, reflecting Estonian cultural norms which eschew self-praise and focus on deficits rather than strengths and possibilities. Self-reflection was mainly associated with a cognitive process, namely learning from the experience. This study underscores the need to guide and encourage child protection workers to adopt and apply systematic and possibly less critical self-reflection so that they can strengthen their decision-making process to promote the well-being of children and their families in the child welfare system.
- Is Part Of:
- Reflective practice. Volume 20:Issue 2(2019)
- Journal:
- Reflective practice
- Issue:
- Volume 20:Issue 2(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 20, Issue 2 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 20
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0020-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 266
- Page End:
- 278
- Publication Date:
- 2019-03-04
- Subjects:
- Self-reflection -- child protection worker -- self-understanding -- supervision
Professions -- Periodicals
Reflection (Philosophy) -- Periodicals
Thought and thinking -- Periodicals
Self-knowledge, Theory of -- Periodicals
Career development -- Periodicals
370.15 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/crep20/current ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/14623943.2019.1588718 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1462-3943
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- Legaldeposit
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