Gervase Phinn
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Gervase Phinn is an English author and educator. After a career as a teacher he became a schools inspector and, latterly, Visiting Professor of Education at the University of Teesside
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He has published five volumes of autobiography, collections of poetry and a number of books about education. He has a particular interest in children's literature
and literacy
and is widely known as a lively and entertaining speaker.
He is married with four grown-up children.
His academic texts include:
He has published collections of his own plays, poems, picture books and short stories, including his anthologies of verse:
Books of stories for children:
The Dales Series
Associated Books
In 2005 the highest academic award of Sheffield Hallam University
, Doctor of the University (D.Univ.) was conferred upon him by the Chancellor, Professor Lord Winston.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
.
He is an Honorary Fellow of the English Speaking Board.
University of Teesside
Teesside University is a university in Middlesbrough, England. It has a student body of 29,285 students as of the 2009/10 academic year. It recorded rises in applications of 25.1 per cent and 23.5 per cent for degree courses beginning in 2010, the highest such percentage increases of the five...
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He has published five volumes of autobiography, collections of poetry and a number of books about education. He has a particular interest in children's literature
Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
and literacy
Literacy
Literacy has traditionally been described as the ability to read for knowledge, write coherently and think critically about printed material.Literacy represents the lifelong, intellectual process of gaining meaning from print...
and is widely known as a lively and entertaining speaker.
He is married with four grown-up children.
Career
Professor Gervase Phinn taught in a range of schools for fourteen years before becoming an education adviser and school inspector. He is now:- a freelance lecturer, broadcaster and writer
- President of the School Library AssociationSchool Library AssociationThe School Library Association is an independent organization in the United Kingdom which promotes libraries and literacy in schools. The SLA was founded in 1937 and is based at Wanborough, Wiltshire, near Swindon...
for 2006-2009 - a consultant for the Open UniversityOpen UniversityThe Open University is a distance learning and research university founded by Royal Charter in the United Kingdom...
- Honorary Fellow of York St John UniversityYork St John UniversityYork St John University York St John University York St John University (formerly known variously as York St John University College (2004), York St John College (2001), Ripon and York St John: a College of the University of Leeds (c. 1996), University College of Ripon and York St John...
- Doctor of Letters of the University of LeicesterUniversity of LeicesterThe University of Leicester is a research-led university based in Leicester, England. The main campus is a mile south of the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park and Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College....
- Fellow and Visiting Professor of Education at The University of TeessideUniversity of TeessideTeesside University is a university in Middlesbrough, England. It has a student body of 29,285 students as of the 2009/10 academic year. It recorded rises in applications of 25.1 per cent and 23.5 per cent for degree courses beginning in 2010, the highest such percentage increases of the five...
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Publications
He has published many articles, chapters and books and edited a wide range of poetry and short story collections.His academic texts include:
- Young Readers and their Books, published by David Funton* Touches of Beauty: Poetry in the Primary School and Reading Matters
He has published collections of his own plays, poems, picture books and short stories, including his anthologies of verse:
- Classroom Creatures
- It Takes One to Know One
- The Day Our Teacher Went Batty
- Family Phantoms
Books of stories for children:
- What's the Matter, Royston Knapper?
- Royston Knapper: The Return of the Rogue
- Our Cat Cuddles (a picture book)
Novels
Gervase Phinn is probably best known for his best-selling autobiographical novels, many of which he has read as audiobooks:The Dales Series
- The Other Side of the Dale
- Over Hill and Dale
- Head Over Heels in the Dales
- Up and Down in the Dales
- The Heart of the Dales
Associated Books
- A Wayne in a Manger
Television and radio appearances
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- Breakfast Television (BBC1)
- (BBC World Service)
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- Look North (BBC 1)
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(BBC Radio 7) - Just One Chance (BBC 2)
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Honours
In 2004 Gervase Phinn received "The Speaker of the Year Award" from the Association of Speakers' Clubs. Up and Down in the Dales, won the Customer Choice Award at the Spoken Book Awards.In 2005 the highest academic award of Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield Hallam University is a higher education institution in South Yorkshire, England, based on two sites in Sheffield. City Campus is located in the city centre, close to Sheffield railway station, and Collegiate Crescent Campus is about two miles away, adjacent to Ecclesall Road in...
, Doctor of the University (D.Univ.) was conferred upon him by the Chancellor, Professor Lord Winston.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Royal Society of Arts
The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce is a British multi-disciplinary institution, based in London. The name Royal Society of Arts is frequently used for brevity...
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He is an Honorary Fellow of the English Speaking Board.