This book investigates the relationship between a given individual's
life experiences and how those experiences determine, shape, and impact
on his society. Specifically, it examines the role of Geoffrey William
Griffin in the evolution and growth of Kenyan education. It uses
leadership and relationality theories to interpret his involvement in
Kenyan education. In this exploration, the study seeks to gain an
understanding of the person of Griffin, identifies and examines forces
that accounted for his involvement in Kenyan education and interprets
how his establishment of Starehe Boys Centre reflects Kenya's
educational history. It further examines his insights on the purpose of
education and effective management of educational institutions.
Methodologically, the book uses qualitative inquiry approach and is
designed as an interpretive educational biography. Overall, the study
argues that individual educators play a significant role in the process
of social change. Their study illuminates complex historical, social,
political, and economic contexts of their societies. This is a must book
for courses on educational biography, administration, leadership and
curriculum. It is a valuable resource for all stakeholders in the
education process, researchers engaged in educational thought, theory,
and practice, colonial, and post-colonial Kenyan and African educational
history.
