Journal Keeping: How to Use Reflective Writing for Learning, Teaching, Professional Insight, and Positive Change

This book presents the potential uses and benefits of journals for personal and professional development-- particularly for anyone in education-- and demonstrates journals' potential to foster students' learning, fluency and voice, and creative thinking. In professional life, a journal helps to organize, prioritize, and address the many expectations of an educator's or administrator's roles. Journals are effective for developing time management and problem-solving skills, fostering insight, and decreasing stress. The authors also present the theory and guidance to enable readers to make an informed decision about whether to use journals in their teaching. (publisher)