"As the newly appointed County Inspector of Schools in North Yorkshire, Gervase Phinn reveals, in this warm and wonderfully humourous account, the experiences of his first year in the job-- and what an education it was!"--Page 4 of cover.
As the newly appointed County Inspector of Schools in North Yorkshire, Gervase Phinn reveals, in this warm and wonderfully humorous account, the experiences of his first year in the job - and what an education it was!
This edited book collection disrupts received notions of educational leadership, culture and diversity as currently portrayed in practice and theory. It draws on compelling studies of educational leadership from the global north and south, as well as from a range of ethnic, reli…
This book explains how and why leaders should use technology and outlines what should be in every leader's digital toolkit.
Myles Horton traces the history of the Highlander Folk School, exploring how the school has influenced notable figures in the civil rights movement, including Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Eleanor Roosevelt, and discusses how the school has served as a catalyst for so…
Gervase Phinn, schools inspector in Yorkshire, begins his third year with a spring in his step, for in April he will marry Christine Bentley, head teacher of Winnery Nook School. In the schools themselves he faces every challenge with humour that is rarely far from the surface.
Gervase Phinn, school inspector, begins his third year with a spring in his step for in April he will marry Christine Bentley, head teacher of Winnery Nook School. But before then he has to suffer the wicked repartee of his fellow inspectors on the subjects of love and marriage.…
Gervase Phinn, school inspector, begins his third year with a spring in his step for in April he will marry Christine Bentley, head teacher of Winnery Nook School. But before then he has to suffer the wicked repartee of his fellow inspectors on the subjects of love and marriage.…
Systemic racism in America is not an event but rather a chronic and longitudinal historical phenomenon of oppression on people of color. Systemic racism is rooted in every facet of American society: economic, housing, health, employment, and education. Public schools remain fert…
"This book traces the history of one of the central actors in the transformation of the Western educational system between the 9th and 13th centuries: the cathedral schoolmaster. Originally responsible for running the episcopal school, this ecclesiastical official eventually bec…