Sue Jonusys interviewed by Peter Parkhill for the Voices from the Illawarra collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1038526
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Jonusys, Sue, 1944-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research use; written permission required for personal copies & public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 1994
- 6 sound tape reels (ca. 140 min.): analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track mono.
- Series:
- Voices from the Illawarra collection.
- Summary:
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Sue Jonusys, born in Paddington, Sydney, talks about her father working in the mines in Wollongong; her education; growing up in the Illawarra; Coalcliff mine; gender issues in high school; curriculum; teaching immediately after WWII; Anzac Day; Nationalism; 1950s, perceptions of communism during school years; religion, sectarianism; schoolyard violence; studying Pharmacy at Sydney University; gender roles at university, accommodation; travelling to Sydney on steam trains; her decision the drop Pharmacy and study teaching at Sydney Teachers College; prestige of science studies at the time; her posting to Kyogle as teacher, then Port Kembla High in 1960s; migrant students, discrimination ; schools in the Illawarra, differences in student behaviour; ESL (English as a second language), in schools; Port Kembla, 1960s; Australian Migrant English Service (AMES); training for AMES teachers; textbook, 'Situational English'; gender issues; government requirements for English as competency for employment; 1970s teaching programs; syllabus committees in Sydney; methodologies; school-teaching traditions; late 1980s – BHP, Wollongong, pays for English classes; unions; assimilation and English; student needs and expectations; Cringilla Language Centre; Teachers Federation; Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL); accountability; student funding; matching courses to student needs; relations with local industry; management policies; equipment used; problems facing AMES; business focus, customer needs, 'Total quality management'; autonomy for AMES principals; funding, private and Commonwealth; a personal overview.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on Sept. 1, 1994.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Related Material:
- Australian TESOL industry; located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection ORAL TRC 5495.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (6 p.)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- School principals
- Other authors/contributors:
- Parkhill, Peter, interviewer
- Related Records:
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- Creation date:
- 1994
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