ABSTRACT

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 competent. This collection of papers represents the author’s developing thought over the past ten years about education and the education of teachers.

part |1 pages

part I Education

chapter 1|12 pages

Education and the educated man1

chapter 2|15 pages

The meaning of quality in education

chapter 4|12 pages

Dilemmas in liberal education

chapter 5|21 pages

The justification of education

chapter 6|9 pages

Was Plato nearly right about education?

part |1 pages

part II The education of teachers