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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March 30

Conversations with Baby Boomer Teachers: Profile 10 posted by Jillian in Biography, History of Education

H was living in a small far north town in South Australia when she did her Leaving Certificate.  She wanted to leave home and be independent. She also wanted to be a doctor, but, with 2 younger brothers and her … Continue reading

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March 10

Conversations with Baby Boomer Teachers: Profile 9 posted by Jillian in Biography, History of Education

Religion played an enormous role in how J ended up teaching. J was born into a Seventh Day Adventist Family. His father was a thinking man within a narrow framework. His mother was intuitive, warm but no academic. His elder … Continue reading

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February 22

Conversations with Baby Boomer Teachers: Profile 8 posted by Jillian in Biography, History of Education

K grew up in Sydney and went to a selective boys’ high school. As he remembers it, his choices at the end of high school were to go to Sydney Teachers’ College or talk to a friend of his uncle … Continue reading

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February 7

Conversations with Baby Boomer Teachers: Profile 7 posted by Jillian in Uncategorized

The way things fell out when G finished secondary school resulted in her entry into teacher training. She had not anticipated doing so well. When she won a Commonwealth Scholarship she could go to any university in Australia, with her … Continue reading

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January 28

Conversations with Baby Boomer Teachers: Profile 6 posted by Jillian in Biography, History of Education

As a child, F vaguely wanted to be a mathematician. His mother wanted her children to go to university. She had been thwarted in her ambition to go herself. F’s brother, 14 years older than him, had gone to Teachers’ … Continue reading

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January 18

Conversations with Baby Boomer Teachers: Profile 5 posted by Jillian in Biography, History of Education

E wanted to be a teacher from the age of about 11 or 12. As he remembers it, this was not planted in his mind by his parents or any particular teacher. He had, for a while, wanted to be a … Continue reading

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January 10

Conversations with Baby Boomer Teachers: Profile 4 posted by Jillian in Biography, History of Education

D’s mother was 100% determined D should go to university.  She didn’t focus on a career – but she knew D needed a career, and teaching presented a pathway via a teaching scholarship commencing in the second-last year of school … Continue reading

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January 1

Conversations with Baby Boomer teachers: Profile 3 posted by Jillian in Biography, History of Education

C, the youngest child in his family, cannot remember a time when he did not want to be a teacher – or an accountant. These were, admittedly, the only jobs he knew outside the family’s sand and gravel business or … Continue reading

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December 20

Conversations with Baby Boomer Teachers: Profile 2 posted by Jillian in Biography, History of Education

“B” could have been a hairdresser. She would, she believes, have been very happy in that role. She had no intention of staying at school beyond Year 11 until awarded a scholarship. Her older brother, at university on a teaching … Continue reading

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Conversations with Baby Boomer Teachers: Profile 1

“A” chose teaching because it was what she knew. The female role models she had were nurses, teachers or office workers. Her parents had only primary school education. She had cousins living in Italy in the 1950s, one of whom … Continue reading

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