Learning Occurs through Critical Reflection: International Education, Service-Learning, Life

The data is clear: without systematic reflective guidance, students' international education or service-learning experiences can lead to haphazard or even negative learning outcomes. Time and again, this has been demonstrated through articles in the Michigan Journal of Community Service-Learning, Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, and via John Dewey's historic concern that learning without reflection can be miseducative, reinforcing stereotypes about others. But how can one support reflective practice and reflective learning (particularly in experiential immersion programs)? That's the topic of a guest blog post I did recently for Melibee Global Education Consulting: Reflection, Reconsideration, and Reconnection: Moving Beyond Re-entry. Please take a look and please share your thoughts. I look forward to hearing (or reading) them.