Alex Lord*s British Columbia: Recollections of a Rural School Inspector, 1915-1936 (The Pioneers of British Columbia)

ISBN 10: 0774803819 / ISBN 13: 9780774803816

Published by UBC Press, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Alex Lord*s British Columbia: Recollections of a Rural School Inspector, 1915-1936 (The Pioneers of British Columbia)
• Publisher: UBC Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0774803819
• ISBN 13: 9780774803816
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

Alex Lord, a pioneer inspector of rural British Columbia schools, shares in these recollections his experiences in a province barely out of the stage coach era. Travelling through vast northern territory, utilizing unreliable transportation and enduring climatic extremes, Lord became familiar with the aspirations of remote communities and their faith in the humanizing effects of tiny assisted schools. En route, he performed in resolute yet imaginative fashion the supervisory functions of a top government educator developing an educational philosophy of his own based on an understanding of the provincial geography, a reverence for citizenship, and a work ethic tuned to challenge and accomplishment.

About the Author

John Calam (editor) is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Social and Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia.