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Mrs Margaret Bowman (Honorary degree of Doctor of Letters) and Dr Alan Taylor, the University of Newcastle, Australia -1990

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DescriptionThis photo appeared in the UNINEWS in 1990. The text was: "Keeping the spark alive Mrs Margaret Bowman, awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters, said she remember graduating from Newcastle University College at Tighes Hill in the sixties. Ms Bowman, who became principal of Wyong High School in 1988, was one of only 20 students graduating with a university degree. Addressing candidates in the University's School of Education who qualified as teachers, Mrs Bowman said the system today was much bigger and less uniform than it was in 1960. "In these 30 years the responsibilities of teachers have been extended beyond the classroom into the areas of social engineering. Teachers are increasingly expected to be accountable to, and integrated into, the school's local community and at the same time teach a curriculum that is more centralised and restrictive,"Ã‚Â she said The new graduates had grown up in a less coherent society than that of the sixties, Mrs Bowman said. "There is a greater tolerance of differing social behaviours and a greater variety of family patterns. Children are no longer the docile creatures who could be taught in classes of 50. "Teaching methods geared for a passive audience have been superseded by expectations that children will be active participants in the classroom. "These children bring their society into their classrooms. Unless you learn to manage them, you will be able to teach them - and managing them can be very difficult,"Ã‚Â Mrs Bowman said. Mrs Bowman said it would be a most exacting task for tomorrow's teachers to help restore a respect for education and give an example of its liberating efforts." The Conferring of Degrees booklet for this ceremony is available via the University of Newcastle Library catalogue. This image was scanned from a photograph in the University's historical photographic collection held by Special Collections. If you have any information about this photograph, or would like a higher resolution copy, please contact us or leave a comment in the box below.InformationSubjectUniversity of Newcastle (N.S.W.)Newcastle UniversityGraduationsMargaret BowmanAlan TaylorDatenot specifiedSourcehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/3099074598/

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CollectionUniversity of Newcastle HistoryPersonMargaret BowmanExhibition 1980s - UON

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RestrictionsThe image can be used for study and personal research purposes. If you wish to reproduce this image for any other purpose please contact Special Collections. Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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