EDITORS' NOTES (Leona M. English, Marie A. Gillen).

1. Using Journal Writing to Enhance Reflective Practice (David Boud).
The author discusses the use of journal writing as a strategy to enhance reflective practice in adult education. He identifies the features of journal writing that enhance reflective practice and circumstances that inhibit it.

2. Uses and Benefits of Journal Writing (Roger Hiemstra).
Journal writing can be used for a variety of purposes, including the promotion of personal reflection and problem solving. Among the variety of forms of journals are diaries, dream books, and professional journals.

3. Ethical Concerns Relating to Journal Writing (Leona M. English).
The author identifies a number of ethical issues integral to journal writing and develops a set of ethical guidelines to govern the use of journal writing in adult education.

4. Responding to Journals in a Learning Process (Tara J. Fenwick).
The author discusses the nature of the responding relationship, including the power dimensions inherent in it. She provides suggestions for responding, including practical information on assessment of journal entries.

5. Journal Writing in Health Education (Angela J. Gillis).
Health educators have taken a leading role in exploring the use of journal writing in the educational process. The author provides examples of journal entries and sets out a three-step method of journal writing.

6. Women, Journal Writing, and the Reflective Process (Elizabeth A. Peterson, Ann M. Jones).
Journal writing is particularly suited to women's learning. This chapter explores the ways that journals help women regain voice and use journals to enhance the learning process. It also addresses barriers.

7. Journal Writing in Adult ESL: Improving Practice Through Reflective Writing (Richard A. Orem).
Journals are particularly effective ways of teaching and learning in English as a Second Language (ESL) that can be used with teachers of ESL and in adult ESL classrooms. Implications for future practice are identified.

8. Journal Writing in Higher Education (Peter Jarvis).
The author discusses the use of journals in undergraduate and post-graduate education, as well as in research in higher education. Particular attention is paid to the use of journals in distance education.

9. Journal Writing in Practice: From Vision to Reality (Leona M. English, Marie A. Gillen).
The editors highlight the chapter themes. They identify missing voices, explore areas for further research, and provide suggestions for additional reading.

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