With contributions from some of the leading experts in the field of reflective practice, including David Boud, this book provides a thought-provoking look at the way forward in professional development and lifelong learning.

Helen Bradbury is Senior Lecturer at the University of Leeds working in both education and health care. Helen worked in the NHS for 20 years as a hospital pharmacist before commencing her academic career.

Nick Frost is Professor of Social Work (children, childhood and families) at the Faculty of Health, Leeds Metropolitan University. Nick has published widely in the field of child and family social work, and worked for 15 years in local authority social work before he commenced his academic career.

Sue Kilminster is Principal Research Fellow in the Medical Education Unit at the University of Leeds. She has worked in vocational and professional education and research for over 20 years and was previously a nurse.

Miriam Zukas is Professor of Adult Education and the Director of the Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Leeds. She has worked for the past 30 years with adult learners and with those who teach adults.

Part I: Conceptual challenges, Miriam Zukas, Helen Bradbury, Nick Frost and Sue Kilminster 1. Professionalism and social change - the implications of social change for the 'reflective practitioner', Nick Frost 2. Relocating reflection in the context of practice, David Boud 3. Beyond reflective practice: reworking the "critical" in critical reflection, Jan Fook 4. A learning practice: Conceptualising professional lifelong learning for the healthcare sector, Stephen Billett and Jennifer Newton 5. Really reflexive practice: auto/biographical research and struggles for a critical reflexivity, Linden West Part II: Professional Perspectives, Helen Bradbury, Sue Kilminster, Nick Frost and Miriam Zukas 6. Voices from the past: professional discourse and reflective practice, Janet Hargreaves 7. "It's all right for you two, you obviously like each other": recognising challenges in pursuing collaborative professional learning through team teaching, Sue Knights, Lois Meyer and Jane Sampson 8. Preparing for patient-centred practice: developing the patient voice in health professional learning, Penny Morris, Ernest Dalton, Andrea McGoverin, Fiona O'Neill and Jools Symons 9. Informal Learning by Professionals in the United Kingdom, Geoffrey Chivers 10. Judgement, narrative and discourse: a critique of reflective practice, David Saltiel Part III: New practices, Nick Frost, Helen Bradbury, Sue Kilminster and Miriam Zukas 11. Re-imagining reflection: creating a theatrical space for the imagination in productive reflection, Kate Collier 12. A step too far? From professional reflective practice to spirituality, Cheryl Hunt 13. Developing critical reflection within an interprofessional learning programme, Kate Karban and Sue Smith 14. Beyond reflection dogma, John Sweet