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- Creators: Danielczyk, Melissa
- Creators: Ferreira, Blake
- Creators: Fong, Kathryn
- Creators: Ford, Mark Everett
- Member of: Connecting to Community Through Oral History (C2C)
DescriptionMark Ford, a student of Arizona State University Online, interviewed Bruce Hall, a high school History teacher at Episcopal Collegiate in Little Rock, Arkansas. The questions covered the topics of the educational culture, academic expectations, and issues of integration and equal opportunity experienced by a private school.
ContributorsFord, Mark Everett (Interviewer)
Created2018-11-07
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This interview discusses Dorsaf Kouki’s early educational background, her teachers training in Paris and her desire to return to Tunisia upon completion of her degree. The discussion continues to discuss the changes in education between the establishment of Tunisian independence under Habib Bourgiba to reforms under Ben Ali and how the Arab Spring movement of 2011 has further contributed to educational reform. The interview also discusses the differences between rural and urban Tunisian education and the significance of the American Cooperative School of Tunis’s efforts to involve itself in local community action. Discussion of the education ministry and its efforts to address shortcomings in the school system is included as well as Mrs. Kouki’s efforts in the Lion’s and Rotary Clubs to impact the community.
ContributorsFerreira, Blake (Interviewer)
Created2018-11-04
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This interview is with a retried Special Education & Elementary School teacher, Jeanne Gaia. She taught from about 1969-2009 in Yolo & San Joaquin County. Covered in the interview is her personal, family & education background; her experiences as both a special education and 2nd grade teacher; key changes in education such as curriculum, teacher autonomy, carrying out the mandates of the "No Child Left Behind" Act, the influx of children of Southeast Asian refugees & migrant workers; cultural and language issues; changes in technology; personal issues that affect children & their education; charter schools and the importance of improving public schools; violence & the 1989 Cleveland School Shooting in Stockton, CA; changes in society, future of teaching & possible solutions.
ContributorsGaia, Jeanne (Interviewee) / Fong, Kathryn (Interviewer)
Created2017-11-10
DescriptionAudio interview with Kindergarten teacher Nancy Malek and her experiences in teaching in New Mexico at a year round, multi level school and in Washington State at both public and private schools. Issues of politics in education, bilingualism, funding, and charter schools are also discussed.
ContributorsRamirez, Erin (Interviewer) / Malek, Nancy (Interviewee)
Created2016-09-24
DescriptionThis is an interview with Special Education educator Catherine Danielczyk
ContributorsDanielczyk, Melissa (Interviewer) / Danielczyk, Catherine (Interviewee)
Created2016-02-15