A Communicative Praxis Approach to Service Learning

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Abstract

Paulo Freire (2000), in Pedagogy of the Oppressed, demonstrated education’s transformative function, allowing individuals to change not only themselves but also the world in which they live. His work brings education to the streets, offering the opportunity for learning to meet lived experience. Paulo Freire’s philosophies applied to service learning engaged through a narrative literacy approach allow for a communicative praxis approach to service learning, which promotes learning for all parties involved in the experience.

Author

• Leeanne Bell, Stevenson University