https://www.schoolingmemories.net/files/original/84ccea3d11a3a94b74944530c7f16273.jpg 46f2db068dad3c970f707bec8342cd45 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Girdlestone High School, James Street, Perth (detail). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Western Australia Government Photographer. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://encore.slwa.wa.gov.au/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2054602" target="_blank" rel="noopener">State Library Western Australia, 008334D</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource January 1951 https://www.schoolingmemories.net/files/original/483befd5e5d545d73d6eac94405b0015.jpg 4839eb8319627cc19d0137f4566e7f1b https://www.schoolingmemories.net/files/original/db394a87fb80c1ce0adc9512f360798f.jpg 86702d5fb4bbf5365b6fa6744e77e0bc https://www.schoolingmemories.net/files/original/b6e398206cc5fea17e20a7bb9bd160b6.jpeg f556700e5a99a8b96b734ca6df7cfdba Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cathedral Girls School, Shanghai Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lara de la Harpe Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lara de la Harpe, <a href="https://findingoldshanghai.wordpress.com/2016/09/26/blog-post-title/">Finding the Old Shanghai</a>, blog Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Schooling Memories Person An individual. Birth Date 1932 Education Primary: Cathedral Girls’ School, Shanghai, China (1936–1940) Primary: St Catherine’s School, Waverley, Sydney (1941–1942) Primary: Bundanoon School (1943–1945) Secondary: China (1940s) Secondary: Hong Kong (1940s) Secondary: Perth (1940s) Tertiary: Claremont Teacher’s College (1951–c1952?) Tertiary: Western Australia Institute of Technology (1970s) Occupation Teacher: Girdlestone Girls’ High School, Perth (1950s) Teacher: Malaysia (1950s/1960s) Teacher: Singapore (1950s/1960s) Teacher: School for the Deaf, Cottesloe (1969) Guidance Officer: Swanbourne High School (1971) Guidance Officer: Chidley Education Centre Guidance Officer: Kwinana High School Biographical Text Barbara was born in Shanghai in 1932 and spent much of her childhood in China and Hong Kong, being schooled within the English education system. She remembers that her childhood and schooling experiences were ‘not typical, but it has allowed me to, I think, get used to a whole range of different people; it doesn’t throw me’. Barb completed her Leaving Certificate in Perth and then studied for an Arts Degree, with a double major in English and Psychology, followed by a teaching qualification. Barb’s first teaching appointment was at Girdlestone Girls’ High School in Perth. She describes it as a ‘stretched out primary school’, as teachers tended to teach a range of subjects similar to primary teachers. In the mid 1950s Barb moved to Malaysia with her husband and spent thirteen years teaching there and in Singapore, before moving back to Perth in 1969. On her return she taught in a School for the Deaf in Cottesloe for a short time, working extensively with the parents to support them in teaching their children. She then decided to move into the Guidance area in schools and did a year of training at Swanbourne High School in 1971. After completing a Counselling Psychology course at WA Institute of Technology, Barb taught at another School for the Deaf, this time in a Guidance capacity. She moved to Chidley Education Centre, ‘a remedial centre for children in remote areas’, and then to Kwinana High School. After her three years at Kwinana, Barb applied for a promotion to senior education officer, which involved managing and coordinating guidance officers in the area. She then moved on to a position as district guidance officer, secondary services, in the south-east region. Barb reflects on the many issues related to gender, class and migration that she confronted in her various roles. And she talks about the collegiality within the Guidance area, remembering that ‘because we were a branch, we formed a very tight unit … I could ring thirty people up to get some help and say tell me what you think about this … which means that we’re exchanging ideas and so on all the time’. She also remembers that many people were engaged in the wider psychology sphere, reading journals and ‘wanting to do something different’. Birthplace Shanghai, China Image credits 1. Girdlestone High School, James Street, Perth, January 1951 (detail). Western Australia Government Photographer. <a href="https://encore.slwa.wa.gov.au/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2054602" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">State Library Western Australia, 008334D</a> 2. Group of 13 senior students, St Catherine's, Waverley (interviewee not pictured), 1 November 1945 . Photographer Sam Hood. <a href="http://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110007408" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">State Library New South Wales, Home and Away–11343</a> 3. Group of four senior students with their headmistress, St Catherine's, Waverley (interviewee not pictured), 1 November 1945. Photographer Sam Hood. <a href="http://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110007408" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">State Library New South Wales, Home and Away–11349</a> 4. Cathedral Girls School, Shanghai, 2016. Photograph courtesy Lara de la Harpe. From <a href="https://findingoldshanghai.wordpress.com/2016/09/26/blog-post-title/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Finding the Old Shanghai</a>. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Barbara Tydeman Counselling Students_1930s Students_1940s Students_1950s Teachers_1950s Teachers_1960s Teachers_1970s