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

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...