“Plowden” at 50-R.S. peters’ response to educational progressivism
Cuypers S.E.
2018
Past, Present, and Future Possibilities for Philosophy and History of Education: Finding Space and Time for Research
0
10.1007/978-3-319-94253-7_8
In this chapter, I reconstruct the basic structure of Peters’ analytic response to educational progressivism as politically expressed in the 1967 Plowden Report. The report expressed a particular line of thought in educational theory, namely that of educational progressivism or child-centred education. In the 1960s, Peters introduced the analytic paradigm into the philosophy of education in Great Britain. In the socio-economic context of the 1960s, this new paradigm had some institutional as well as political effects. In particular, Peters’ theoretical response to the Plowden Report in Perspectives on Plowden had a practical influence. The chapter proceeds as follows. After a short historical note and a brief rehearsal of the contrast between progressivism and traditionalism, I detail Peters’ fundamental presuppositions in the light of which his critique of child-centred education can be elucidated. These two main presuppositions are, first, the primacy of the social or the public and, second, the ideal of liberal education. Next, I organise his critique around two central themes: first, education and its aims, and, second, the curriculum and the teacher. © Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018.
Appiah K.A., There is no such thing as western civilisation, (2016); Black J., A brief history of Britain, pp. 1851-2010, (2010); Candlish S., Wrisley G., Private language, The stanford encyclopedia of philosophy, (2014); Crosland C.A.R., The future of socialism, (1956); Cuypers S.E., R.S. Peters’ “The justification of education” revisited, Ethics and Education, 7, 1, pp. 3-17, (2012); Cuypers S.E., The existential concern of the humanities. R.S. Peters’ justification of liberal education, Educational Philosophy and Theory, 50, 6-7, pp. 702-711, (2018); Cuypers S.E., Martin C., R.S. Peters, (2013); Dearden R.F., The philosophy of primary education, (1968); Dearden R.F., The aims of primary education, Perspectives on Plowden, pp. 21-41, (1969); Dearden R.F., Problems in primary education, (1976); Dearden R.F., The Plowden philosophy in retrospect, The changing primary school, pp. 68-85, (1987); (1944); Halsey A.H., Sylva K.D., Special issue: Plowden twenty years on, 13, 1, pp. 3-11, (1987); Hirst P.H., Liberal education and the nature of knowledge, Knowledge and the curriculum, pp. 30-53, (1965); Hirst P.H., Peters R.S., The logic of education, (1970); Curriculum and examinations in secondary schools. Report of the committee of the secondary school examinations council appointed by the President of the Board of Education in 1941, (1943); Oakeshott M., Learning and teaching, The voice of liberal learning, (1965); Peters R.S., The concept of motivation, (1958); Peters R.S., Education as initiation, Philosophical analysis and education, pp. 87-111, (1963); Peters R.S., Ethics and education, (1966); Peters R.S., Perspectives on Plowden, (1969); Peters R.S., A recognizable philosophy of education, A constructive critique, pp. 1-20, (1969); Peters R.S., The justification of education, Education and the Education of teachers, pp. 86-118, (1973); Peters R.S., Subjectivity and standards, Psychology and ethical development, pp. 413-432, (1974); Peters R.S., Subjectivity and standards in the humanities, The philosophy of open education, pp. 91-109, (1975); Peters R.S., Ambiguities in liberal education and the problem of its content, Education and the education of teachers, pp. 46-67, (1977); Peters R.S., Philosophy of education, Educational theory and its foundation disciplines, pp. 30-61, (1983); Skinner B.F., The technology of teaching, (1968); Small H., The value of the humanities, (2013); Wittgenstein L., Philosophical investigations, (1953)
Springer International Publishing
Book chapter
Scopus