Reason and Emotion in Pedagogy

Abstract

The following essay is made up of three parts, the first one shows how European and The United States, that make the Western culture, built all conceptual structure around the reason and obviously, pedagogy get involved; the second part, describes how European underestimate and are afraid of emotions, although they use it every time at any mental activity. The third part, proves how mental and daily life reality need the conjunction between reason and emotion; also we sketched that emotion used in an inappropriate way leads to fanatism, to blunder, whereas if the use is in a constructive way, contribute the inspiration and the creative act.