Philosophy of Education

_x005F_x000D_ Many people have come to feel that the controversy on education in Britain has got bogged down in political polemics, and that common polarisations between ‘conventional’ and ‘progressive’, ‘selective’ and ‘comprehensive’, ‘elite’ and ‘democratic’ are both unrealistic and damaging. The..

_x000D_ Many people have come to feel that the controversy on education in Britain has got bogged down in political polemics, and that common polarisations between ‘conventional’ and ‘progressive’, ‘selective’ and ‘comprehensive’, ‘elite’ and ‘democratic’ are both unrealistic and damaging. The autho..

First published in 1974, this book presents a coherent collection of major articles by Richard Stanley Peters. It displays his work on psychology and philosophy, with special attention given to the areas of ethical development and human understanding...

_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ The Question of what ‘aesthetic education’ is, or might be, is often a source of incomprehension. This book opens up discussion of a complex, difficult, but highly important topic, and offers an introductory survey of the whole area. In examining the relatio..

_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ The Question of what ‘aesthetic education’ is, or might be, is often a source of incomprehension. This book opens up discussion of a complex, difficult, but highly important topic, and offers an introductory survey of the whole area. In examining the relationship of the conce..

This volume is a comprehensive critique of the radical tradition in educational theory. It traces the development of the key ideas in radical literature from Rousseau to the present day. Two opening chapters set Rousseau’s educational views and arguments in their political perspective, and subject t..

This volume is a comprehensive critique of the radical tradition in educational theory. It traces the development of the key ideas in radical literature from Rousseau to the present day. Two opening chapters set Rousseau’s educational views and arguments in their political perspective, and subject t..

Radical Schooling for Democracy claims that the ideology of neoliberalism increasingly dominates economic and as a consequence, educational and social life, thus causing formal education to adopt a narrow, rational and economic purpose for all students...

This book is distinctive in looking at the crisis rather than the success of Chinese education. The editors and contributors, mostly oversea and mainland Chinese scholars, make a case for rethinking the purpose and practice of Chinese education...

This book is distinctive in looking at the crisis rather than the success of Chinese education. The editors and contributors, mostly oversea and mainland Chinese scholars, make a case for rethinking the purpose and practice of Chinese education...

First published in 1973, Reason and Compassion showcases a collection of lectures by Professor Richard S. Peters concerned primarily with the moral position, based on compassion and on the use of reason, which is critical to code-encased moralities...

Bridging the gap between interpretations of "Third Way" Platonic scholarship in Continental philosophy and "phenomenological-ontological" scholarship, this book offers a re-reading of Plato and Plato’s Socrates in terms of interpreting the practice of education as "care of the soul" thorugh the conc..