`Tell us what we need to know to do this!' Preparing a path to safe uncertainty in assignment writing on a family therapy foundation course

Authors: Hopkins, Clare¹; Reed, Alex²; MacKenzie, Julie³; Thomas, Mair⁴

Source: Journal of Family Therapy, Volume 32, Number 3, August 2010 , pp. 330-333(4)

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Abstract:

This article describes a single session aimed at helping participants on a family therapy foundation course to move from a position of anxiety and discomfort about completing a written assignment to a position of safe uncertainty. Evaluation from the perspectives of course participants, course facilitators and assignment markers has shown participants engaging more enthusiastically with the writing of the assignment and expressing less anxiety about the process.

Keywords: teaching; learning; assessment; assignment writing; safe uncertainty

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6427.2010.00510.x

Affiliations: 1: Freelance Family Therapist teaching on the Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust Course in Family Therapy and Systemic Practice (foundation level). Address for correspondence: 5A Bennett's Walk, Morpeth, Northumberland NE61 1TP, UK., Email: clare@hopkinsnet.com. 2: Family Therapist, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle. UK. 3: Nurse Consultant, Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Service, Newcastle/North Tyneside, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, UK. 4: Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Family Therapist, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Trust, St George's Hospital, Morpeth, UK.

Publication date: 2010-08-01