Reason in Education

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This paper discusses reason's role in childhood educational development. It particularly focuses on the views expressed by Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle. The paper then describes the writer's reactions to these views. It also looks at the ways in which she, as an assistant in a class for talented and gifted students, has developed her own educational philosophy with regards to reason's role in education.

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"My mentors and role models, both from childhood as a young student and from my adult student career, set the stage for my passion for education. Bad teachers as well as good inspired in me the desire to rise to greatness within my chosen profession. As Aristotle notes in the Nichomachean Ethics, we must strive for excellence, for perfection, in all our endeavors. Perfection is crafted by reason, and reason is in turn perfected by practice and honest self-reflection. I have not yet developed a career that would enable me to reflect on my performance has an educator. As a trainee, however, I have strived to exercise all mental and physical faculties "in accordance with excellence or virtue," as Aristotle advises (p. 14). Mundane as my tasks may seem as a teacher-in-training, I imbue them with pride and enthusiasm."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Aquinas, T. Summa Theologica.
• Aristotle. Nichomachean Ethics.

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