Reading R. S. Peters Today
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Reading R. S. Peters Today

Analysis, Ethics, and the Aims of Education

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Reading R. S. Peters Today

Analysis, Ethics, and the Aims of Education

About this book

Reading R. S. Peters Today: Analysis, Ethics and the Aims of Education reassesses British philosopher Richard Stanley Peters' educational writings by examining them against the most recent developments in philosophy and practice.

  • Critically reassesses R. S. Peters, a philosopher who had a profound influence on a generation of educationalists
  • Brings clarity to a number of key educational questions
  • Exposes mainstream, orthodox arguments to sympathetic critical scrutiny

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Information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9781444332964
eBook ISBN
9781444346473
Edition
1
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Education Theory & Practice

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Notes on Contributors
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction: Reading R. S. Peters on Education Today
  8. Chapter 1: Was Peters Nearly Right About Education?
  9. Chapter 2: Learning Our Concepts
  10. Chapter 3: On Education and Initiation
  11. Chapter 4: Ritual, Imitation and Education in R. S. Peters
  12. Chapter 5: Transformation and Education: The Voice of the Learner in Peters’ Concept of Teaching
  13. Chapter 6: R. S. Peters’ Normative Conception of Education and Educational Aims
  14. Chapter 7: On the Worthwhileness of Theoretical Activities
  15. Chapter 8: Why General Education? Peters, Hirst and History
  16. Chapter 9: The Good, the Worthwhile and the Obligatory: Practical Reason and Moral Universalism in R. S. Peters’ Conception of Education
  17. Chapter 10: Overcoming Social Pathologies in Education: On the Concept of Respect in R. S. Peters and Axel Honneth
  18. Chapter 11: Reason and Virtues: The Paradox of R. S. Peters on Moral Education
  19. Chapter 12: Autonomy in R. S. Peters’ Educational Theory
  20. Chapter 13: Richard Peters and Valuing Authenticity
  21. Chapter 14: Vision and Elusiveness in Philosophy of Education: R. S. Peters on the Legacy of Michael Oakeshott
  22. Index

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