Blog #2 Reasoning skills being taught in school.

I have decided to write this blog on the question that asks ‘Should reasoning skills be taught in primary school? Why or why not?’ From what I have gathered through life reasoning skills are very important. Although when I question myself on this matter, I have to ask my self how exactly does one learn to reason? From the very start we are expected to reason. With that said since we are expected to reason how do we come to reason?

So it seems that we are not just born with reasoning skills we have to learn these skills. To learn, often means through trial and error. One must not only be taught in my opinion but must also experience. So through my own reasoning I have decided that, yes reasoning skills should be taught as a lesson in primary school.

Really reasoning skills can be such a broad topic, to break it down makes it almost trivial. It is then left to the author to lead you in a direction of their choice. So to further explain reasoning skills I would like to kind-of dissect it in a sense. Basic reasoning skills can be broken down into four categories Storage Skills, Retrieval Skills, Matching Skills and Executive Procedures. These skills are like other skills they can be learned through practice and over time. What I am suggesting is that reasoning skills are not easily broken down. But on a broader subject they are substantial and of high importance.

It is essential when a youth to learn to use your reasoning skills. That is a time when we are challenged highly. We face so many decisions when we are just learning to stand on our own two feet it can be such a trying time. Being able to utilize reasoning skills better prepares our youth with the ability to make better decisions. In this article decision making and reasoning skills are looked at in a informational way. To activate our skills in reasoning while making decisions makes us more in control of the logical and more reasonable outcome.

However, whether or not reasoning can be taught seems to be a debated subject. Often students are asked to debate in order to enable reasoning skills as this article suggests. But unfortunately the student often has the viewpoint before addressing the subject which is not providing a equal debate.

I feel that exercise in these areas is crucial to our education. When we are provided with the knowledge we can turn it into the wisdom needed for success. Therefore using the skills gathered from all the sources around us in a useful and positive way. It is important to provide access to reasoning skills in education because it is a huge part of growing that has been taken for granted. All to often people just assume that we have reasoning engraved in our DNA. In my view it is essential that education is provided so that the skills can be built for a brighter tomorrow.