中世纪大学教师的社会角色体现于社会身份、社会地位、社会期望以及社会服务中。中世纪大学教师的社会身份是知识分子,具有很高的宗教、政治和经济地位。崇高的社会地位不是自封的,而是根据社会期望在相应的社会服务中践行出来的。在中世纪晚期,大学教师的社会角色发生了颠覆。通过这段历史的对比可以看出,大学教师要有求真、向善、致美的秉性。
Medieval university facuhy' s social roles were reflected in the social personality, social status, social expecta- tions and social services. The social personality of faculty was intellectual ; They had very high religious, political and economic status. The high social status can be practiced out according to the social expectations in corresponding of social services instead of self-giving. In the late Medieval Age, the faculty' s social role changed subversively. Through the contrast of this period of history, we can see that the faculty should have the nature of pursuit of the truth, the good and the beautiful.