CHOO Kwee Wah 朱季华
Education in Singapore (Part 2: Chinese),
Accession Number 001729
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 14
Total Reels
- Jesley Chua Chee Huan
Interviewer
- 06:28:04
Total Running Time
- Mandarin
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 14
Metadata
- 18 Jan 1996
Recording Date
- 00:29:00
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Interviewee stopped schooling at Primary III when war started. Went to Chung Cheng High (Branch) in the late 1940s and was transferred to the main school in 1950. Taught in Khe Bong School in 1954. Interviewee talked about his primary school days. Subjects taught in school. Games they played. The celebration of special occasions in school. Talked about civics and moral education. School cleaning by the students.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 14
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- 18 Jan 1996
Recording Date
- 00:29:25
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Medical check-ups. Aid provided to poor students. Description of student's attire. Worked in a shipping company during the Japanese Occupation. The reason for studying Japanese language during the war. Description of Chung Cheng High (Branch). Description of the two schools' recreational facilities. Netball and table-tennis were popular in Chinese Schools. Subjects taught in Chung Cheng High (Branch). School facilities.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 14
Metadata
- 25 Jan 1996
Recording Date
- 00:29:11
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Interviewee's impression of Chung Cheng High School. Completed his Pre-University education in 1952. Studied in Chung Cheng High (Branch) for five years. Gave the names of some leftist schools. Interviewee's views on the possible reasons for the "left- leaning" inclination. A lot of students left for China in the early 1950s. The reason why interviewee never thought of leaving for China. There were leftist teachers in Chung Cheng High (Branch).
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Reel/Disc 4 of 14
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- 25 Jan 1996
Recording Date
- 00:29:33
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
School drama and Sports day. Things students did for physical exercise. Students were taught English Literature for their English lesson. He tutored for a while before joining Khe Bong School. His preference for Khe Bong School to Shin Min Public School (Thomson). The reason for going into teaching. Interviewee's first impression of Khe Bong School. Decription of his first teaching experience.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 14
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- 25 Jan 1996
Recording Date
- 00:29:22
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Elaboration on interviewee's teaching experience. Description of Khe Bong School building. More students in morning session than the afternoon session. Description of the facilities in school. Female teachers did not like to bring students to the field outside school. Background of students. His initial pay. Government subsidies to schools. Most teachers then were 'O' level holders. Got along well with his students. Subjects he taught.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 14
Metadata
- 1 Feb 1996
Recording Date
- 00:29:48
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Rreasons for discouraging students from having lunch outside school. The school's bookstore was located along the classroom corridor. Discipline in school. Teachers referred students to the discipline master if they made mistakes repeatedly. He was made discipline master in 1955. There were many gangsters in the school area. His views on child discipline. Types of gambling the children engaged in. Relationship between principal and teachers.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 14
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- 1 Feb 1996
Recording Date
- 00:29:25
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Teachers' contact with parents. The reason for the merger of Khe Bong School and Heng A School in 1971. The reason for his principal's move to Kay Wah School in 1966. Khe Bong School shifted a few times before moving into their new school building. Teachers' reactions towards the declining student population in Khe Bong School. Interviewee became principal of Khe Bong School in 1966.
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Reel/Disc 8 of 14
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- 1 Feb 1996
Recording Date
- 00:29:19
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Background of the school's Board of Directors. The school did not encounter financial problems while building the new school. After moving to Toa Payoh, Heng A School had a lot of transferred students from other school. Student population and students' background. Interviewee's Senior Assistants.
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Reel/Disc 9 of 14
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- 8 Feb 1996
Recording Date
- 00:28:59
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Heng A Khe Bong School had two language streams. Reason for adopting both English and Chinese as first languages in school. Reason for allowing students to choose the language stream that they preferred to be examined in Primary VI. Parents' response towards school's equal emphasis on both languages. The facilitation of language learning in school. School culture and traditions.
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Reel/Disc 10 of 14
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- 8 Feb 1996
Recording Date
- 00:29:01
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Glue-Sniffing started in the 1980s. Types of misbehavior in school. Disciplinary actions taken included suspension from class and dismissal from school. Recounted the circumstances under which interviewee dismissed a student from school. His reason on using manual labour as corrective disciplinary measures. Reason for dropping the school's bilingual emphasis in the 1980s. His view on the qualities of a good teacher. The present disciplinary problems in schools.
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