While John Dewey's learning theory has been widely credited as the essential theoretical underpinnings of service learning, lesser attention has been paid to his concept of moral imagination regarding its immense potentials in nurturing college students' moral growth in service learning. This article explores Dewey's framework of moral imagination…

Provides a historical overview of the progressive education movement, noting its major philosophical threads. Contrasts the progressive ideal with modern experiential education practice by comparing James Coleman's four-phase model of experiential process with John Dewey's scientific method of inquiry, which he used to shape experience. (SB)

Proposes a model for rural education based on the progressive practices of a rural school in Israel in the early 1900s. Desirable characteristics of rural education are organized into four innovative educational models: education for work (including agricultural education); community education; social-ideological education; and curricular autonomy…