"Reading, Writing, and Reflection", David D. Cooper
The "critical incident journal" is meant as a means for students' self-monitoring & personal exploration. It has 3 steps: student must describe his/her role in the "incident,"analyze the incident and talk about what impact the incident had on him/her.
Cooper, like Cone & Harris, addresses the transformative nature of service learning. Furthermore, Cooper asserts that educators not push students to change certain beliefs (as in the case of conservative "Rudy"), but rather ask them to evaluate/elaborate on the beliefs they hold.
Kolb's experiential learning cycle: Concrete experiences --> Reflection --> Abstract conceptualization --> Active experimentation --> Concrete experiences...
Dewey's "forked-road" : students see that there might be a problem with a belief they are holding, they are forced to reexamine it.
The 4 Cs of Reflection (Eyler, Giles & Schmiede): continuous in time frame, connected to the "big picture," challenges assumptions, contextualized in design/setting. They stress that reflection activities must be adapted to meet different students' learning styles, they should, therefore, include a variety of reflection activities.
Favorite quote: "Dewey reminds us that we all have the tendency to believe that which is in harmony with desire." p96
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