A Rural Community and its School: Contemporary Insights Through Historical Analysis
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https://doi.org/10.47381/aijre.v9i1.436Abstract
The experiences of two schoolmasters in the small isolated Western Port Bay fishing community of Hastings last century are relevant for today's practising teachers. Like present day teachers, they lacked the independence that could only be acquired by wealth, but were afforded a degree of status locally through their positions. Moreover, their successes and disappointments were largely dependent upon the opinions and evaluations of others. The first head teacher was a stately old gentleman, but he was unable to command respect from some parents and his authority was tested. His successor was young, confident and outgoing. Within a short time he had transformed the school. Under him, it occupied a prominent cultural and social position in the village.
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