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Jim and Jillian Dellit established this website to bring together their various endeavours, to engage with and contribute to the educational community and educational delivery. Jillian is continuing this work both in her own right, and to keep faith with Jim's life, 1947-2014, and their productive partnership 1970-2014.

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November 18

Conversations with Baby Boomer Teachers: Profile No.45 posted by Jillian in Adult education, Biography, English as a Second Language, History of Education, Languages

V2’s Scottish grandmother and her two daughters, one of whom was his father’s twin, were teachers. This grandmother had married his grandfather – an Australian soldier – in Scotland – a week after the end of The Great War. She … Continue reading

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November 3

Conversations with Baby Boomer Teachers: Profile 36 posted by Jillian in Assessment, Biography, History of Education, Languages

K2 grew up in country NSW in a teaching family. She was comfortable in schools; comfortable too in moving every few years. In the environment in which she grew up, all students had a right to good teachers: teachers could … Continue reading

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May 9

Conversations with Baby Boomer Teachers: Profile 25 posted by Jillian in Biography, Curriculum, History of Education, Languages

Z does not understand where her early drive to become a teacher came from.  She did have an uncle who was a teacher but the drive and influence did not, from her memory, come from him.  She wanted to be … Continue reading

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December 8

Conversations with Baby Boomer Teachers: Profile 23 posted by Jillian in Biography, Curriculum, History of Education, Languages

From the age of 10, W said she wanted to be a teacher; a primary school teacher. Her home at St Peters in Adelaide had a garage with huge panels that acted as a blackboard and there she would play … Continue reading

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