John Dewey’s Pragmatism: Implications for Reflection in …
Michigan Journal of Community Service LearningSpring 2015, pp. 64-73John Dewey s pragmatism : Implications for Reflection in Service-LearningHarry Clark MadduxDeborah DonnettAppalachian State University This essay examines the relationship of philosophical pragmatism to the practice of Reflection in service-learning. Service-learning theory and practice often elides over or ignores entirely the principles of inquiryas developed by Dewey. The exercise of reflective thought requires that educators create a situation of dis-comfort for learners, and mandates that students examine the warrants of settled belief ( , assumptions).
to the practice of service-learning and community engagement. Understanding Dewey as a pragmatist entails eval-uating many of our ideas about service-learning and particularly the role of reflection in it. There are four principal concepts in the philosophical tradition of pragmatism that bear on the practice of reflection in service-learning.
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