{"product_id":"treading-a-delicate-tightrope-mike-burton-9781920033835","title":"Treading a Delicate Tightrope: A principal balancing between education and political change during turbulent","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Mike Burton became the principal of All Saints College in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, little did he know about the journey on which he was embarking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVery soon after taking up the position, Mike realised that the vision of the founding organisation was becoming irrelevant as education and politics converged, reaching a crisis point in the second half of the 1980s. Mike found himself walking the tightrope between the expectations of the funders on the one hand and those of the students and community on the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatters reached a tipping point and Mike had to make a decision. As 'Comrade Mike' he elected that the interests of the students and the community take precedence. Mike chose education AND liberation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMike Burton's Tightrope is a gripping, personal account that transports the reader back to the liberation struggle of the 1980s and the educational issues that informed policy in the nascent democracy. The book will be of particular interest to those involved in education at the time as well anybody who observed or was engaged during that turbulent period of change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Burton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1920033831\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781920033835\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nisc (Pty) Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d","brand":"Mike Burton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057233326335,"sku":"9781920033835","price":46.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f22bc2fe-e09e-4f13-8399-776134c51c3c.jpg?v=1685045797","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/treading-a-delicate-tightrope-mike-burton-9781920033835","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}