“What matters is not what any individual thinks, but what is true. A teacher who does not equip his pupils with the rudimentary tools to discover this is substituting indoctrination for teaching”.

 

“An Analysis of the Concept of Education”, is an interesting chapter due to the essential core that holds in the field of education. R.S. Peters was able to familiarize this concept through different points and perspectives through the uses, observations and the criteria.

  What I liked mainly in Chapter 3 are two points: The Enlightenment Use of Education and The Knowledge Criterion. Starting with the enlightenment use of education, where R.S. Peters connected education to the human achievement and to the development of mind to be wrapped with knowledge and understanding. I was interested in this point since education is a topic that has been addressed by great thinkers of every culture throughout time. Due to its importance and complexity, it is a topic with a very wide scope. Education ignites the fire of knowledge and thus it can enlighten the road of literacy. It is important, in my opinion, to distinguish between education and schooling idea and should be understood properly. We can’t assume that who goes to school is educated and a good education means good knowledge, at the end the enlightenment role of education paves the way towards different aspects of knowledge and by different sources.

For the second point which I was interested in: the knowledge criterion. This point specifically shows how the relationship between the education and knowledge is strong a tight. Both of them cannot be separated because education without knowledge is impossible and vice versa, as R.S. Peters said. In addition, R.S. Peters was magnificent in showing us the quantity of knowledge (breadth) and the kind of knowledge (depth). These two factors ae very important nowadays especially in the educational process to build the student’s knowledge base, which contribute in enhancing the source of information in this student. Add for that, when education relies on knowledge, a new concept will be emerged: The 4Cs: critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity. This is what is called the real education and R.S. Peters was able to explain it in his logical technique in the analysis of education. 

Education is weapon against literacy and the torch that enlightens the tunnel of ignorance. Education when it is accompanied with knowledge, a new society will appear and creative ideas will be taken into consideration. R.S. Peters delivered a message for the next generation to be armed with true education and shielded with knowledge.