Reflecting on Your Future Work as a Professional
This essay focuses on Reflecting on Your Future Work as a Professional.Up to this point in the course, you have concentrated on reviewing case studies from the perspective of a single theoretical perspective.
Reflecting on Your Future Work as a Professional
Up to this point in the course, you have concentrated on reviewing case studies from the perspective of a single theoretical perspective. This week, you have the opportunity to discuss how you see that two theories may integrate into an effective strategy for you as a
Discussion: Reflecting on Your Future Work as a Professional Counselor
Whether you choose to integrate two theories or remain a purist, thoughtfully and thoroughly back up your current position.
In what ways may your specific choice of strategy or strategies affect your role of a social change agent?
To Prepare:
Firstly, consider what you have learned and explored throughout this course, concentrating specifically on the case studies and how you responded from the perspectives of different theories.
Secondly, reflect on the possibility that two theories might integrate well with your future professional practice.
Identify the ways that the knowledge gained in this course positions you to be an agent for positive social change in the future.
By Day 3
Post your reflections on the following points:
If you choose to integrate two theories, identify the theories you selected and explain how they resonate with you. Then, explain how you believe they would integrate well for your future professional practice.
By Day 5
Read your colleagues’ postings.
Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights that you have gained as a result of your colleagues’ comments.
counselor. You may also decide that a single theory feels like it will be the best fit for your future career at this point in your training. Whether you choose to integrate two theories or remain a purist, thoughtfully and thoroughly back up your current position.
In what ways may your specific choice of strategy or strategies affect your role of a social change agent?
To Prepare:
Reflect on the possibility that two theories might integrate well with your future professional practice.
Identify the ways that the knowledge gained in this course positions you to be an agent for positive social change in the future.
By Day 3
Post your reflections on the following points:
By Day 5
Read your colleagues’ postings.
Respond to at least two of your colleagues’ posts commenting on their proposed theoretical orientation, their ideas for social change, and your own ideas and suggestions.
Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights that you have gained as a result of your colleagues’ comments.
