Essays on educators / R.S. Peters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peters, R. S. (Richard Stanley), 1919-2011., author.

Series:

Routledge Revivals: R. S. Peters on Education and Ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 p.)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2015.

Summary:

First published in 1981, Essays on Educators is a collection of essays on a variety of themes relating to Great Educators. The book is not only an exposition of the thought of these educators but a collection of critical essays in which their writings are used selectively to raise problems of permanent educational interest and importance.The first part explores the education of the individual in society and the development of reason. The second looks at progressivism and tradition in education and includes a critique of Herbert Spencer's Essays on Education, which are little known. The third p

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part One The Individual and Society; 1 Was Plato Nearly Right about Education?; 2 The Paradoxes in Rousseau's Emile; 3 Democratic Values and Educational Aims; Part Two Tradition and Progressivism; 4 Herbert Spencer's Scientific Progressivism; 5 John Dewey's Philosophy of Education; 6 Michael Oakeshott's Philosophy of Education; Part Three Interdisciplinary Critiques; 7 The Place of Kohlberg's Theory in Moral Education; 8 Motivation and Education; Index

Notes:

First published in 1981 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-71423-X

1-317-50039-3

1-317-50038-5

9781315714233

OCLC:

918932450