A series of public lectures given at the Institute of Education, University of London provides the nucleus around which this collection, originally published in...
John Dewey was one of the most influential American philosophers of his time and also one of the most prolific, with about forty books and 700 articles to his ...
First Published in 1977. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company....
First published in 1959, Authority, Responsibility and Education focuses on the philosophy of education and is concerned with the question of moral education. I...
First published in 1981, this collection of essays was taken from Peters’ larger work, Psychology and Ethical Development (1974) in order to provide a more fo...
First published in 1973, Reason and Compassion showcases a collection of lectures by Professor Richard S. Peters concerned primarily with the moral position, ba...
First published in 1958 with a second edition in 1969, The Concept of Motivation looks philosophically and psychologically at the idea of motivation in order to...
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...
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...
First published in 1967, this book looks at what the role of a headteacher should be, challenging the traditional views of the head and the authoritarian struct...
First published in 1966, this book was written to serve as an introductory textbook in the philosophy of education, focusing on ethics and social philosophy. It...
This collection of important and significant papers examines a wide range of issues. One of the author's main concerns is to clarify the meaning of 'education...
Acoustics and Noise Control provides a detailed and comprehensive introduction to the principles and practice of acoustics and noise control. Since the last edi...
This book, originally published in 1959, makes explicit the social principles which underlie the procedures and political practice of the modern democratic stat...
by P. H. Hirst and R. S. Peters
This book explores the implications for the curriculum, for teaching and for the authority structure of schools and colleges of an analysis of ‘education’ i...