Michael Peters
New Zealand education academic and philosopher
About Michael Peters
Lived 1948 – 2010 (aged 61). Michael Peters was a New Zealand academic and political scientist.
Michael Adrian Peters (born 1948) is a New Zealand education academic. He is a former Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Education at Beijing Normal University (previously Professor at Waikato University ) and Emeritus Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
Education Peters received BA(Hons) in Geography from the Victoria University of Wellington in 1970; MA in Philosophy from the University of Auckland in 1980; and PhD in Philosophy of Education from the University of Auckland in 1984. The title of his doctoral thesis was The problem of rationality: an historicist approach for philosophy of education.
Career Peters became a fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2009. Notable doctoral students of Peters include Nesta Devine and Makere Stewart-Harawira.
Biography Peters is married to his collaborator Tina Besley.
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Who was Michael Peters?
New Zealand education academic and philosopher
When was Michael Peters born?
Michael Peters was born on 4 September 1948.
When did Michael Peters die?
Michael Peters died on 25 March 2010.
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Michael Peters was an academic and political scientist.
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Michael Peters was New Zealand.
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