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  • Education and the Education of Teachers (International Library of the Philosophy of Education volume 18)

    by R.S. Peters ...
    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' and 'quality in education' - a phrase often used in public debate but seldom scrutinized. Long-standing ambiguities latent in the concept of 'liberal education' are also exposed, and Herbert Spencer's question 'What knowledge is of most ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Social Principles and the Democratic State (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 4)

    by R. S. Peters, S. Benn ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Political Science
    This book, originally published in 1959, makes explicit the social principles which underlie the procedures and political practice of the modern democratic state. The authors take the view that in the modern welfare state there are porblems connected with the nature of law, with concepts like rights, justice, equality, property, punishment, responsibility and liberty and which modern philosophical ... Read more

    $394.99 CAD

  • Psychology and Ethical Development (Routledge Revivals)

    A Collection of Articles on Psychological Theories, Ethical Development and Human Understanding

    by R. S. Peters ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals: R. S. Peters on Education and Ethics
    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.The book is split into four parts. The first combines a critique of psychological theories, especially those of Freud, Piaget and the Behaviourists, ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • The Role of the Head (REV) RPD

    by R. S. Peters ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals: R. S. Peters on Education and Ethics
    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 structure of schools. Contributors explore new concepts of the head’s role in school and authors include both theorists and headteachers coming from various backgrounds including those that are historical, philosophical, sociological, and ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Moral Development and Moral Education (Routledge Revivals)

    by R. S. Peters ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    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 focused volume on moral education for students. Peters’ background in both psychology and philosophy makes the work distinctive, which is evident from the first two essays alone: ‘Freud’s theory of Moral Development in Relation to that of ... Read more

    $163.99 CAD

  • Reason and Compassion (Routledge Revivals)

    The Lindsay Memorial Lectures Delivered at the University of Keele, February-March 1971 and The Swarthmore Lecture Delivered to the Society of Friends 1972 by Richard S. Peters

    by R. S. Peters ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals: R. S. Peters on Education and Ethics
    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. He reacts to the idea that whilst many people are sympathetic towards protests against an established moral code, they are reluctant to align ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Ethics and Education (Routledge Revivals)

    by R. S. Peters ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals: R. S. Peters on Education and Ethics
    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 presents a distinctive point of view both about education and ethical theory and arrived at a time when education was a matter of great public concern. It looks at questions such as ‘What do we actually mean by education?’ and provides a ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Essays on Educators (Routledge Revivals)

    by R. S. Peters ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals: R. S. Peters on Education and Ethics
    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 ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Authority, Responsibility and Education (REV) RPD

    by R. S. Peters ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals: R. S. Peters on Education and Ethics
    First published in 1959, Authority, Responsibility and Education focuses on the philosophy of education and is concerned with the question of moral education. It was originally based on talks delivered mainly on the Home Service and Third Programme of the BBC between April 1956 and January 1959 but, due to its wide appeal and popularity, it was revised to include work from a further 10 years of ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • The Concept of Motivation

    by R. S. Peters ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals: R. S. Peters on Education and Ethics
    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 explain human behaviour. Chapters cover types of explanation in psychological theories, motives and motivations, a look at Freud’s theory, drive theories, and regression to hedonism. Despite its original publication date, the book explores ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Technology and Medical Sciences

    Edited by R.M. Natal Jorge, Joao Manuel RS Tavares, Marcos Pinotti Barbosa, Alan Peter Slade ...
    The use of more robust, affordable, and efficient techniques and technologies in the application of medicine is presently a subject of huge interest and demand. Technology and Medical Sciences solidifies knowledge in the fields of technology and medical sciences and to define their key stakeholders. The book is designed for academics in engineering, mathematics, medicine, biomechanics, computation ... Read more

    $150.99 CAD

  • Education and the Education of Teachers

    Edited by R.S. Peters ...
    First Published in 1977. There is a growing interest in philosophy of education amongst students of philosophy as well as amongst those who are more specifically and practically concerned with educational problems. The aim of the new International Library of the Philosophy of Education is to build up a body of fundamental work in this area which is both practically relevant and philosophically ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD