This short paper examines the origins and nature of the reflective writing that is presently required on one part-taught doctorate in education (EdD) programme. It explores the various ways in which EdD candidates have engaged with self-reflection, using a number of extracts from writing submitted for formal assessments (including of the doctoral thesis itself, the culmination of their doctoral journey). The specific ways in which individuals have been caused to interrogate their place within, and contributions to, their respective professional realms are examined, as is the question of how writing in reflective vein has contributed to the evolution of professional identity. In the context of reflective writing, particular attention is paid to the ways in which the specific matter of developing confidence with accessing and manipulating language is frequently cited by individuals. As appropriate, connections are made in the paper between the above dimensions of what I am terming pensive professionalism and the perspectives of certain writers. The article concludes by drawing attention to the ways in which those of us involved in delivering professional doctorates need to be aware of, and induct our candidates into, the benefits of pensive professionalism.

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沉思的专业精神：“需要反思”对专业博士学位的作用

这篇简短的论文研究了目前在一个部分授课的教育博士学位 (EdD) 计划中要求的反思性写作的起源和性质。它探索了 EdD 候选人进行自我反思的各种方式，使用了一些提交给正式评估的写作摘录（包括博士论文本身，他们博士之旅的高潮）。考察了个人在各自专业领域中的地位和贡献的具体方式，以及反思性写作如何促进专业身份演变的问题。在反思性写作的背景下，特别关注个人经常引用的通过访问和操纵语言培养信心的具体问题的方式。在适当的情况下，论文中在我所说的沉思专业主义的上述维度与某些作家的观点之间建立了联系。文章最后提请注意我们这些参与提供专业博士学位的人需要了解并引导我们的候选人了解沉思专业精神的好处。