ThursdayThunking

Running on the first Thursday of every month, ThursdayThunking* is a series of thought-provoking articles that offer information, insight and ideas... and maybe cause you to rethink the way you view things. Our goal is to stimulate thinking, improve practice and provide a critical backdrop for ongoing debate.

* Yes, it's a real word! Thunking: the act of thinking deeply and/or for long periods of time.

You might also be interested in the series of articles we ran during Learning at Work Week 2017.

Relationship Based Practice – reinforcing, reigniting and reconnecting motivation

Relationship Based Practice – reinforcing, reigniting and reconnecting motivation

The emotional responses of students help them make sense of all aspects of their lives and this is equally true in practice. Richard Ingram discusses the required thought and reflection to use them appropriately.
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Twisting and turning between practice and theory

When a social work student embarks on practice learning, the requirement to demonstrate their ability to integrate practice and theory may appear at first to be a relatively straightforward question of applying what they have learnt at university to their practice on placement. It can take a while to realise that practice and theory rarely have a neat and tidy relationship. Jean Gordon does some #ThursdayThunking.
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Harmful supervision

Liz Beddoe reflects on when supervision can be less than helpful.
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The A to Z of good supervision

In the second of a series of ThursdayThunking from ScOPT, Liz Beddoe talks about supervision.
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Courageous conversations that make a difference!

This month, Jo Finch talks about having courageous conversations and conversations that make a difference.
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Do you want to do some ThursdayThunking?

Would you be willing to write an article at some point? The topic is up to you, but it has to be relevant to practice learning. Have a look at www.scopt.co.uk/thursday-thunking/tt-authors and then email us with your outline ideas.