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

Editor(s): Stefaan E. Cuypers, Christopher Martin

Published Online: 8 SEP 2011 10:21AM EST

Print ISBN: 9781444332964

Online ISBN: 9781444346497

DOI: 10.1002/9781444346497

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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

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xii)

    1. Introduction: Reading R. S. Peters on Education Today (pages 1–5)

      Stefaan E. Cuypers and Christopher Martin

  3. Part I: The Conceptual Analysis of Education and Teaching

    1. Chapter 1

      Was Peters Nearly Right about Education? (pages 6–23)

      Robin Barrow

    2. Chapter 2

      Learning Our Concepts (pages 24–37)

      Megan J. Laverty

    3. Chapter 3

      On Education and Initiation (pages 38–53)

      Michael Luntley

    4. Chapter 4

      Ritual, Imitation and Education in R. S. Peters (pages 54–71)

      Bryan R. Warnick

    5. Chapter 5

      Transformation and Education: The Voice of the Learner in Peters' Concept of Teaching (pages 72–93)

      Andrea English

  4. Part II: The Justification of Educational Aims and the Curriculum

    1. Chapter 6

      R. S. Peters' Normative Conception of Education and Educational Aims (pages 94–105)

      Michael S. Katz

    2. Chapter 7

      On the Worthwhileness of Theoretical Activities (pages 106–118)

      Michael Hand

    3. Chapter 8

      Why General Education? Peters, Hirst and History (pages 119–137)

      John White

    4. Chapter 9

      The Good, the Worthwhile and the Obligatory: Practical Reason and Moral Universalism in R. S. Peters' Conception of Education (pages 138–155)

      Christopher Martin

    5. Chapter 10

      Overcoming Social Pathologies in Education: On the Concept of Respect in R. S. Peters and Axel Honneth (pages 156–167)

      Krassimir Stojanov

  5. Part III: Aspects of Ethical Development and Moral Education

    1. Chapter 11

      Reason and Virtues: The Paradox of R. S. Peters on Moral Education (pages 168–184)

      Graham Haydon

    2. Chapter 12

      Autonomy in R. S. Peters' Educational Theory (pages 185–204)

      Stefaan E. Cuypers

  6. Part IV: Peters in Context

    1. Chapter 13

      Richard Peters and Valuing Authenticity (pages 205–218)

      M. A. B. Degenhardt

    2. Chapter 14

      Vision and Elusiveness in Philosophy of Education: R. S. Peters on the Legacy of Michael Oakeshott (pages 219–236)

      Kevin Williams

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      Index (pages 237–243)

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