TY  - BOOK
AU  - Soni,Pravin Dayaljee
AU  - Louw,Gert Jacobus Johannes
TI  - A Hindu perspective on the pedagogic significance of the relationship structure
PY  - 1994///-11
KW  - Hindu
KW  - Relationship
KW  - Authority
KW  - Modern Society
KW  - Education
KW  - Knowledge
KW  - Trust
KW  - Principles
KW  - Life-view
KW  - Pedagogic
KW  - UCTD
KW  - Thesis
N1  - Thesis / Dissertation ETD; Open access content
N2  - Observations show that antagonising and depressing relationships among individuals and communities are being experienced. In this regard, against the background of a cursory description of the Hindu life-view, the research examines a Hindu perspective on the pedagogic significance of the relationship structure by means of the phenomenological, exemplaric and historical methods. Since man is always in a situation in the world, which influences his being in the world, an attempt to analyse features of modern society in order to establish their effect on the actualisation of authentic Hindu relationships has been undertaken. Examples of these features are materialism; narcissism and hedonism; egalitarianism and globalism; technocracy; secularism and nihilism; violence and also pessimism. In order to properly understand the Hindu life-view and its relevance with regard to the child's authentic relationships, the relationship between the child and significant others, such as parents, family/relatives, other fellow human beings, educator/teacher, community, himself, objects and God, is presented from a Hindu perspective. An analysis of these relationships reveals that a pedagogic relationship structure can be identified. Relevant components of this structure, such as communication, understanding, trust, authority and religiosity are explained from a Hindu perspective. The thesis demonstrates that authentic (Hindu) relationships make it possible to determine sound education principles. In fact, it is demonstrated that authentic relationships and sound education principles are but two sides of the same coin. As such the vital role, which authentic relationship(s) plays with regard to the actualisation of education principles, is discussed from a Hindu perspective. In concluding the study, several recommendations are made. In the final analysis, it is suggested that poor and meaningless relationships can to a certain extent be seen as a response to disregard particular life-
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16087
ER  -