Learning journal
The learning journal learning journal is an opportunity for the foster carer to reflect on their role as a carer and look for opportunities for learning and skill development.
Why should foster carers keep journals?
Writing in a journal can inhibit self-consciousness and is a less formal, less threatening way for carers to discuss issues in ways they may not do so in one-to-one situations.
- Journal entries can provide tangible evidence of mental processes. They make thoughts visible and concrete, giving a way to interact with, elaborate on, and expand ideas.
- Journals are tools for growth through reflection, as it is not enough just to observe and record experiences, but important to make meaning our experiences.
Source: Kerka, S. (1996). Journal writing and adult learning, ERIC Digest, 174. Retrieved 06 October 2008.
- Last reviewed
- 22 April 2021
- Last modified
- 3 August 2023
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