Category Archives: History of Education

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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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

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Jillian

“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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December 7

My New Project: Baby Boomer Teacher Profiles posted by Jillian in Biography, History of Education

Over the last six months or so I have been working on a new project for this blog. This has arisen because of my interest in the History of Education, my involvement with the Australian College of Educators’ Archives Group and … Continue reading →

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September 14

Lest we Forget- or Fail to Learn posted by Jillian in Curriculum, History of Education

On 22 August I attended the 70th Anniversary Lunch of the Teachers’ RSL sub-Branch in The Stranger’s Function Room of the NSW Parliament. I was in Sydney by chance, staying with a friend who was attending the lunch and who … Continue reading →

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June 9

Remembering Jim Dellit posted by Jillian in Curriculum, Education policy, History of Education

Many  readers of this blog will be aware by now that Jim Dellit died suddenly of heart failure on 28th May 2014. I have tried to notify as many people as possible, and apologise to any who read it here … Continue reading →

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December 6

Education that serves the community posted by Jillian in Education policy, Education reform, equity, History of Education, Secondary schooling

I recently attended the 50 year reunion of my high school Leaving class from a selective state girls’ school in Sydney. Although the group has met every decade since leaving school, this is the first I have attended. I have … Continue reading →

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November 1

Lessons from McIver’s Baths posted by Jillian in Curriculum, History of Education, Secondary schooling

An article in the Sydney Morning Herald on 14 October marked the 90th anniversary of McIver’s Baths at Coogee Beach. The McIver Baths is the last women and children only coastal pool left in Sydney. It would be interesting to look … Continue reading →

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