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ItemWalter Bonwick (1824-1883) : Walter Bonwick and the establishment of music teaching in the national schools of Victoria, 1855-1856( 1990)This thesis examines the development of music teaching in the National Schools in the vicinity of Melbourne for the years 1855 and 1856. While Walter Bonwick was not the first music teacher to be appointed by the National Board, he was the most influential, and from his appointment in February, 1855, began a career which was to span a quarter of a century. He continued as a vocal music teacher and later as a instructor of music teachers with the National Board and. its successors until his death in 1883, at the age of fifty-eight. Walter was a member of a circle of colonial teachers and- writers who were connected by marriage, and his success in obtaining a position with the National Board was certainly in part the result of the influence of his family and their friends. But the significance of his music teaching in 1855 and 1856 was his insistence on a modification of Hullah's system. Walter persuaded the Board that Hullah's system for teaching vocal music was unsuitable for the schools in the colony because the course was too long, the exercises too tedious, and the music not sufficiently pleasing or attractive to children. His solution was to request the Board to sanction the introduction into National schools of a Manual of Vocal. Music to be compiled by him. The Board agreed to his proposal, and so began a series of publications for instruction in the schools. This paralleled a similar request to the Board by his brother James to sanction his publication of a Geography text book for use in the schools. Walter's weekly reports reveal a wealth of detail of the incidents of colonial life; flood, heat, falling trees, death, and even toothache. They also show Walter to be sensitive, hard-working, and dedicated to his music and his pupils. The Secretary and Commissioners of the Board - are treated with respectful familiarity; rather unexpected in a subordinate. One hundred miles a week by horse, Walter was the archetypical peripatetic vocal music teacher.
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ItemSociological aspects of service provision for people with intellectual disabilities in Victoria( 1993)This study examines relevant principles within the context of changing values and social structures, that underline the policy initiatives to support people with intellectual disabilities. It contains information about the system of service delivery in Victoria, its history, functions, developments, strengths and weaknesses. It investigates the effectiveness of service delivery to adults with intellectual disabilities by Adult Training Support Services (ATSS) within both the private and government sectors. Differences are drawn in the approach and understanding of normalisation and integration principles between the three selected ATSSs. The study measures the degree of success made by the implementation and outcomes of their respective programmes. This reflects the way the whole service system operates. Finally the service provision system was examined in terms of the minimum conditions necessary for a social system to function.
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ItemUniversity High School oral history project( 1994)This Project has been designed to provide the necessary basic historical research and guidelines for a continuing oral history project based at the University High School. The Project will have minimum supervision and volunteer involvement. The University High School Alumni Association plans to support this project as a continuing activity. The Project will rely on volunteer-interviewers and the research in this study has been designed to provide the basic knowledge required to conduct an informed interview. This Project is a school-based activity that draws its research material from school history publications, school literature and school archival material. The completed tapes can be used as a source of raw data. Chapter One introduces oral history. Chapters Two, Three and Four deal with secondary education history and Chapters Five to Eleven cover the school-sourced history of the University High School 1910-1985. Chapter Twelve gives guidelines for interview procedure and the processing of the completed audio-tapes for inclusion in the University High School Library Archives.
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ItemCatholic Ladies' College : a case study in Catholic education in Victoria( 1990)This case study of Catholic Ladies' College Eltham Victoria shows major shifts in its style of operation from the late nineteenth century to the present. These shifts are seen as reflections of change in the philosophy and provision of Catholic education generally, as it responds to different historical and social pressures. Evidence for the Chapters dealing with the general background of Catholic education has been largely drawn from histories and sociological investigations, while evidence for the particular history of the school has been largely drawn from archival material documents, interviews and survey results. Findings are that within the school changes in style and direction can be noted which illustrate major trends and changes in Catholic education. Some evidence of differences in style of operation between Catholic, government and independent schools was found in the contemporary context, though full organization and school climate studies were not conducted.
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ItemA history of Therry Regional College, Broadmeadows( 1997)The post-war period saw secondary education in Australia in a state of turmoil. Problems of overcrowding, a narrowly academic curriculum, combined with insufficient and unqualified staff, affected both government and non-government secondary schools, The Catholic secondary system had additional problems: the declining numbers of Religious, the increased presence of lay-teachers, and the 'Catholic dream' of a Catholic education for every Catholic child. Catholic educational authorities sought an economical solution to the problems besetting secondary education. Based on an American model, regional secondary schools were established across Melbourne to provide Catholic secondary education for Catholic youth. Therry Regional College, Broadmeadows, was one such Catholic regional secondary college. This history of Therry Regional College, Broadmeadows, examines the College as a Catholic regional secondary school administered by the Christian Brothers in the north-western suburbs of Melbourne. The school's growth paralleled changes in two major areas: Government funding, and the administration of Catholic schools by the Catholic Education Office. The significance of community is examined in relation to the changing faces of the people of Broadmeadows. This history of the College reflects the history of the local community: it is a story of struggle and courage in adversity.
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ItemEqual pay and the women teachers of the Victorian Education Department, 1939-1967( 1992)The history of equal pay for women teachers commenced well before the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission awarded equal pay for work of equal value in 1972. This thesis examines the financial status of women teachers in the state schools of Victoria between 1939 and 1967. In particular, it covers the campaign for equal pay. This campaign was persistent and hard fought under the guidance of people such as Hilma Cranley, and with the support of influential trade unions and favourable international policy. In Victoria, female teachers constituted nearly half of the primary teaching service yet traditionally meagre regard was paid to their status. Women teachers were discriminated in terms of pay despite their skills and responsibilities being recognised as tantamount to men's. A study of the discrimination and the protracted campaign to achieve equal pay through the analysis of the policies of the governments, wage legislation, contemporary evidence and the archival records, makes it clear that the teachers' reasons for equal pay were legitimate and morally irrefutable. However, social attitudes, the set up of the work force, financial considerations and government reluctance slowed the introduction of equal pay. Through the examination of women's growing importance in the Australian working scene and social influences of the time, such as the Second World War, the teachers' equal pay campaign has been interpreted. The Victorian Teachers' Union monitored these changes, and as public support for equal pay grew, so did the prospects for achieving equal pay. As women were increasingly essential to the maintenance of a comprehensive education system, their low wage status could not be ignored. The teacher s campaign, with particular emphasis on the Victorian Teachers' Union, is therefore the focus of this thesis. The study concludes that the women's teachers financial status did improve, however, the struggle for equality of opportunity was still ongoing.
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ItemTradition and change in the establishment of Mount St Joseph Girls' College 1964-1970( 1991)Social, political and economic influences invariably have bearing on the development of a school's philosophy, policies and practices, and must be considered integral to any school history. This is most evident in the post-war period, when the 'explosion' in numbers in post-primary schooling resulted not only in an expansion of schools but also, in a restructuring of traditional secondary school organisation and practice. For the first time post-primary schooling came to be recognised as a distinct and essential sphere of education. The establishment of Mt St Joseph Girls' College in 1964 by the Institute of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart was in direct response to changes in Australian society during the 1950s and 1960s. The Sisters of St Joseph, an Australian teaching Order, was established in the 1860s by Father Julian Tenison-Woods and Mary McKillop to provide Catholic primary education to the poor. However, in the 1960s, the Institute was prepared to adapt and meet the demand for secondary education by establishing secondary colleges. This thesis traces the establishment and development of the first secondary Josephite school in Victoria - Mt St Joseph Girls' College between the period 1964 and 1970. The recollections of students reveal that despite the Josephites' efforts to widen educational and occupational opportunities for working-class girls, school organisation, curriculum and practices, implicitly and explicitly directed girls to gender-specific educational and occupational paths; and to the notion that culturally valued womanhood was intrinsically related to marriage and motherhood. The study also indicates that it was not until 1969 that the Josephites introduced curriculum reform by replacing the multilateral form of school organisation (professional, commercial and domestic sciences), with a more integrated and comprehensive curriculum which cut across these divisions and catered for the needs and interests of a wide range of students. Although the benefits of this were not evident until the following decade, it must be emphasized that the Josephites had taken the first steps to remove the limitations placed on girls' aspirations, abilities and opportunities. v
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Item'With a smile in her voice' : a life of Jean Lawson 1908-1986( 1996)Jean Lawson was born in England in 1908 and migrated to Australia with her parents in 1914. Educated in private schools and at the Universities of Sydney and Melbourne, she had an exceptionally varied career for a woman of her generation, becoming a teacher, acting headmistress and school counsellor, a radio and stage actress and radio broadcaster, a senior officer in the wartime Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) and a writer. She was also an active member of the Melbourne Lyceum Club and of the Christian Science Church and she participated in a range of voluntary community activities. With interests spanning the sciences and the humanities, she was a well known figure in Melbourne's educational and cultural circles. Her life offers insights into several aspects of twentieth century education, particularly that of women - the role of small private schools in the education of middle class women in the first half of this century, the experience of female students in science faculties in the interwar years, the wartime training of WAAAF airwomen and officers, the impact of educative radio for children in the 1940s and 1950s and the nature of career counselling for girls in the fast changing world of the 1960s and 1970s. Thus rather than providing a traditional account which would spotlight Jean Lawson, throwing her life into a kind of isolation, while endeavouring not to diminish her own contribution in a variety of fields, her life has been used as a focus for exploring the wider experience of women involved in similar events and interests. Given her ability to alter direction and reinvent herself as circumstances changed, her life has also been considered in terms of the formation of female subjectivity and since much of her writing was autobiographical, theoretical issues concerning biography and autobiography have also been central.
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ItemYoung single factory women in 1927 : a study of issues of women and work( 1990)In 1927, a Department of Labour inquiry focussed upon a group of young female metalworkers employed in a Melbourne factory. A range of contemporaries, including the female workers, gave evidence to the inquiry, resulting in recommendations regarding female work conditions. This thesis aims to investigate the process of deliberation which took place at the inquiry. Issues of women and work contained within the resulting report raise questions concerning working women's experiences which have relevance not only to contemporary labour legislation but also to subsequent feminist historical analysis
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ItemAn education to prayer: the establishment and development of a parochial school in the Catholic parish of St. Brendan's Flemington, Melbourne. 1887 -1947( 1990)�� the present system of Catholic Education in Australia developed not from any predetermined plan but as a result of the conflicting forces in educational development in the nineteenth century and the circumstances of the times." In the latter half of the nineteenth century �conflicting forces� and �the circumstances of the times� resulted in the establishing, in 1887, of a Catholic primary school in the inner Melbourne suburb of Flemington. (From Introduction)