Background
BEEBY, Clarence was born on June 16, 1902 in Leeds, England. Son of Anthonv Beeby and Alice Beeby (nbe Rhodes).
BEEBY, Clarence was born on June 16, 1902 in Leeds, England. Son of Anthonv Beeby and Alice Beeby (nbe Rhodes).
University of New Zealand, 1920-1923, Master of Arts Philosophy. University of Manchester, United Kingdom, 1925-1927, Doctor of Philosophy Psychology. Spoken languages: English, French.
Lecturer in Philosophy and Education, Canterbury University College, University of New Zealand 1923-1934. Director New Zealand Council for Educational Research 1934-1938. Assistant Director of Education, Education Department, New Zealand 1938-1940, Director of Education 1940-1960 (on leave of absence 1948-1949).
Assistant Director-General of UNESCO 1948-1949. Ambassador to France 1960-1963. Leader New Zealand Dels, to General Conferences of UNESCO 1946, 1947, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1963.
Honorary Counsellor of UNESCO 1950. Executive Board 1960-1963, Chairman 1963. Research Fellow, Harvard University 1963-1967.
Chairman UNESCO Evaluation Panel for World Functional Literacy Projects 1967-1970. Commonwealth Visiting Professor, University of London 1967-1968. Consultant to Australian Government, on education in Papua and New Guinea since 1969.
Consultant to Ford Foundation in Indonesia 1970-1977. UNDP Consultant to Ministry of Education, Malaysia 1976. Consultant to University of Papua New Guinea since 1982.
The Intermediate Schools of New Zealand, 1938. Report on Education in Western Samoa, 1954. The Quality of Education in Developing Countries, 1966.Planning & the Educational Administrator, 1967. Editor: Qualitative Aspects on Educational Planning, 1969.
Of UNESCO; Council of Consultant Fellows, Institute Institute for Education Planning 1972-1978.
Education & admin; cabinetmaking, gardening, fishing.
Married Beatrice Eleanor Newnham in 1926.