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| Description | The folder, in the IOE stores, contains a printed copy of the transcript. Graves talks about;
born 1925
early life in France, moving to the UK aged ten, leaving school aged 16
war work with the Post Office Engineering Department, somehow being exempt from service
studying at the Regent Street Polytechnic for the equivalent of the higher school certificate
grant from Ministry of Education to continue education interrupted by the second world war, studied at London School of Economics, then went to the IOE as a student
IOE at Senate House
Neville Scarfe, Reg Honeybone, Molly Lang
friendliness of the IOE
Reg Honeybone as significant figure for him in learning to teach
teaching practice at East Ham Grammar School, ended up with a teaching post there
being union representative, entertainments officer
reluctance of women to dance with Black students (racism)
friend called Felix Ankrah
rooms used by the student union
socials in the assembly hall
typical week studying at the IOE
moving to post as head of geography at a technical school
returning to the IOE for Academic Diploma in Education, then MA under Professor Lauwerys
life teaching at Mallory Comprehensive School, Bromley
relocation to Liverpool to lecture at the University of Liverpool, 1961
PhD
returning to the IOE as Head of Department, 1963
staff changes at the IOE, new staff Bill Wall, Bernstein
socialising with other staff
changes in the teaching of geography, move towards
working with B Ed students
his book - Currirulum Planning in Geography
work with UNESCO, and less so with the World Education Fellowship
changes in education over his career, and how th eIOE was affected by these changes
These recordings and transcripts are available on UCL Digital Collections in the Oral Histories section. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/digital-collections/collections/education |