Education and the Education of Teachers

R.S. Peters Professor of Philosophy of Education Institute of Education University of London

• Part I Education 1 Education and the educated man 2 The meaning of quality in education 3 Ambiguities in liberal education and the problem of its content 4 Dilemmas in liberal education 5 The justification of education 6 Was Plato nearly right about education? Part II The education of teachers 7 The place of philosophy in the training of teachers 8 ‘Education’ as a specific preparation for teaching 9 Education as an academic discipline 10 The role and responsibilities of the university in teacher education

'Professor R.S. Peters is one of the most influential and respected philosophers of education writing in Britain today. This collection of important and significant papers examines a wide range of issues with his customary incisiveness and clarity.' - International Library of the Philosophy of Education