Michael Adrian Peters

Michael Adrian Peters (born 1948) is a New Zealand education academic. He is currently a Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Education at Beijing Normal University (previously Professor at Waikato University[7]) and Emeritus Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.[8]

Michael Adrian Peters
Born1948
Alma materAuckland University
Spouse(s)Tina Besley
AwardsHonorary Doctorate (Aalborg University, Denmark),[1] Honorary Doctor of Letters (State University of New York,[2] American Educational Studies Association Critics Book Award 2010, 2009, 2004,[3] Lifetime Achievement Award, Society for Research into Higher Education,[4] Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand[5]
Scientific career
ThesisThe problem of rationality : an historicist approach for philosophy of education (1984)
Doctoral studentsNesta Devine[6]
InfluencesLudwig Wittgenstein, Michel Foucault, Henry Giroux, Peter McLaren, Timothy Luke

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.

References
  1. "Honorary doctors and fellows". www.en.aau.dk.
  2. "Diana G. Oblinger and Michael A. Peters to receive Honorary Degrees from SUNY Empire State College". development.esc.edu. 7 February 2012.
  3. "The American Educational Studies Association, an international learned society for students, teachers, research scholars, and administrators who are interested in the foundations of education". www.educationalstudies.org.
  4. http://www.srhe.ac.uk/members/newsletter/downloads/News_Bulletin_August10.pdf
  5. "Royal Society Te Apārangi - View our current Fellows". royalsociety.org.nz.
  6. "Nesta Devine - AUT". www.aut.ac.nz.
  7. "Michael Peters - Staff Profiles: University of Waikato". www.waikato.ac.nz.
  8. "Faculty Profiles". education.illinois.edu.
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