Question: A British educator in England at the turn of the twentieth century was inspired by the writings of an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools, and who else?

 Her revolutionary methods led to a shift from utilitarian education to the education of a child upon living ideas. Charlotte Maria Shaw Mason (1 January 1842 – 16 January 1923) was a British educator in England at the turn of the twentieth century.  She was inspired by , by the writings of John Amos Comenius, Matthew Arnold and John Ruskin. <SEP> Sir Peter Birkett is a British educator and entrepreneur, known for being the Chief Executive of Barnfield College, Luton.  It was the first Further Education College in the country and one of only six providers to receive Accredited School Group (ASG) status – a scheme to ensure the best education leaders are able to form federations, in order to drive up standards at primary and secondary levels throughout the country.  This federation made up of a Post 16 FE College, two Secondary Schools, two Primary Schools and two academies for 14-18 year old.  In September 2007 Barnfield broke new ground when it became the first Further Education College in the country to sponsor two underperforming secondary schools in Luton, create a federation and turn them around in just two years . Due to this achievement, Peter Birkett was Knighted in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to further education and the academy movement <SEP> Taeko Kōno (河野 多惠子 , Kōno Taeko , February 24, 1926 – January 29, 2015) is one of the most important Japanese women writers of the second half of the twentieth century, someone whose influence on contemporary Japanese women writers is acknowledged to be immeasurable.  Kōno is one of a generation of remarkable women writers who made an appearance in Japan in the 1960s and 1970s and who include Kurahashi Yumiko, Mori Mari, Setouchi Harumi, and Takahashi Takako (Japanese name order).  She also established a reputation for herself as an acerbic essayist, a playwright and a literary critic.  By the end of her life she was a leading presence in Japan's literary establishment, one of the first women writers to serve on the Akutagawa Literary Prize committee.  Oe Kenzaburo, Japan's Nobel Laureate, described her as the most "lucidly intelligent" woman writers writing in Japan, and the US critic and academic Masao Miyoshi identified her as among the most "critically alert and historically intelligent."  US critic and academic Davinder Bhowmik assesses her as “…one of the truly original voices of the twentieth century, beyond questions of gender or even nationality.”  A writer who deals with some quite dark themes, Kōno is known to readers in English through the collection of short stories "Toddler-Hunting and Other Stories" (New Directions, 1996), which draws together her best writing from the 1960s. <SEP>  He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the famed headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator. Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools.  Matthew Arnold has been characterised as a sage writer, a type of writer who chastises and instructs the reader on contemporary social issues.