Pedagogical practices: Lessons from Augustine of Hippo

16/10/2024 7 min Episodio 2
Pedagogical practices: Lessons from Augustine of Hippo

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Episode Synopsis

Today’s episode explores a 2018 article by Jennifer L. Howell and T. Laine Scales on Augustine's distinction between studiosity and curiosity. Drawing from Augustine’s Dialogues of Cassiciacum, the authors discuss how intellectual formation is a collaborative process, where students learn to approach knowledge as a shared pursuit, emphasizing openness and inquiry rather than acquisition and control.