SAINT AUGUSTINE ON TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIP: RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVE OF EDUCATION

Abstract

In most schools, the teacher is understood as having the full responsibility of making decisions about what will be learned, how it will be learned, when it will be learned, and if the material has been learned. This is based on the assumption that learners need to know only what the teacher teaches them and that the teacher has nothing to learn from the student. The result is a scenario that actively promotes dependency on the instructor. This has also degenerated the educational system. In the face of these emerging problems, Saint Augustine’s perspective of teacher-student relationship assumes huge importance. This work, therefore, would study different dimensions of Saint Augustine’s perspectives on teacher-student relationship for the purpose of creating the appropriate atmosphere for learning. The hermeneutic method of inquiry would be employed.