Michael Adrian Peters (born 1948) is a New Zealand education academic.

The title of his doctoral thesis was The problem of rationality: an historicist approach for philosophy of education.

[8] Peters became a fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2009.

[9] Notable doctoral students of Peters include Nesta Devine and Makere Stewart-Harawira.

[10][11] Peters is the author, co-author, editor, and co-editor of approximately seventy books and monographs, including:[12]