Brazil, Marina. Interview about teaching in Spaniard's Bay.
Thomas Lane interviews his grandmother Marina Brazil about her teaching career in Spaniard's Bay. Teaching at St. Anne’s school Spaniard’s Bay; Sole charge or one class school; Teaching grades 1-7; 1:48 - difference between learning in Carbonear and teaching in Spaniard’s Bay; 3:12 - descriptio...
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| Format: | Audio |
| Language: | English |
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2016
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/6593 |
| Summary: | Thomas Lane interviews his grandmother Marina Brazil about her teaching career in Spaniard's Bay. Teaching at St. Anne’s school Spaniard’s Bay; Sole charge or one class school; Teaching grades 1-7; 1:48 - difference between learning in Carbonear and teaching in Spaniard’s Bay; 3:12 - description of school in Spaniard’s Bay; lighting the school fire; 4:00 - school activities -- playing ball and hockey, concerts; staying in for lunch; 5:28 - former students; 6:14 - teaching different subjects; 7:07 - favourite classes of the students; 8:23 - closure of school for the summer and holidays; Marina Brazil’s start in teaching; 9:53 - fundraisers inside the school buildings; 11:16 - supervisor’s visit to check attendance and quality of teaching; denominational school; 12:34 - schools in the area; beginning of the Newfoundland school board in rural Newfoundland; 15:01 - school subjects when Marina Brazil was teaching; teaching equipment; cost of books from the Department of Education; 17:08 - how students would prepare for tests and exams; 18:16 - difference between the Catholic and Anglican school; history; final exams; class sizes; 19:57 - high school; 20:22 - Marina Brazil as beloved teacher; surnames of students she taught; 22:28 - school picnics to Makinsons; playing tiddly; children’s games; school days; walking to school; homework. |
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