This paper discusses problems of reflection and experience in learning, especially in personal social development. Research questions is: What is the role of reflection and experience in the learning process? Theoretical framework based on pragmatism (J. Dewey and reflective thinking, L. Hickman), constructivism (G. Bateson and deutero learning, T. Andersen and reflecting process, F. Varela), experiential learning (D. Kolb, P. Jarvis), reflective practice (D. Schön) and critical reflection (J. Mezirow). I enrich the theoretical definition of the issue with the data collected in the pilotage empirical investigation pursuing the form of reflection in the form of immediate pedagogical reality.

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