Abstract
This paper explores a model of education that draws primarily on Aristotle’s philosophy and that of Thomas Aquinas. I discuss the way in which Aristotle’s understanding of education has the broad aim of human flourishing. I argue that an Aristotelian approach to education aims to help students to cultivate moral and intellectual virtue and to love learning, thereby helping students to become critical thinkers who know how to think deeply and live well. In this view, since learning is proper to human beings as rational animals, education is intrinsically valuable, not merely instrumentally valuable. For this reason, I suggest that learning is about internalising principles rather than memorising facts so that students can become lifelong learners.
Recommended Citation
Hunt, Cecilia. "An Aristotelian Model of Education." Aristos 7, no. 1, art. 2 (2023): 18-32. https://researchonline.nd.edu.au/aristos/vol7/iss1/2
