| Alex Lord's British Columbia: Recollections of a Rural School Inspector, 1915-1936 Contributor(s): Calam, John (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0774803851 ISBN-13: 9780774803854 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - General - Education | History - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 92172559 |
| Series: Pacific Maritime Studies Series / University of British Colu |
| Physical Information: 200 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
