LEE Tian Hwa @ Lee Sim Moy 李天华
Education in Singapore (Part 2: Chinese),
Accession Number 001908
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 12
Total Reels
- Yap Wee Cheng
Interviewer
- 05:29:08
Total Running Time
- Mandarin
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 12
Metadata
- 18 Jun 1997
Recording Date
- 00:27:49
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Interviewee's family and educational background. Reasons for choosing The Chinese High School. First impression of Singapore. Corrupt bus conductor. Catered meals with schoolmates. Entrance examination in The Chinese High School. Room renting and laundry services. A typical school day. Supper at nearby stall. Memories of bathrooms without doors in school. Flood in Bukit Timah.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 12
Metadata
- 18 Jun 1997
Recording Date
- 00:30:25
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
More on the flood in Bukit Timah. Fun English lessons. Catering for meals. Academic subjects in The Chinese High School. School surroundings. Student movement in The Chinese High School. How interviewee avoided these activities. Teacher's reaction to the students' movement. Extra-curricular activities (ECA). Moey for expenses from his family. A few encounters with swindlers.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 12
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- 20 Jun 1997
Recording Date
- 00:28:41
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
More on his encounters with swindlers. Became a teacher in Kong Hwa School. Taught for a year before part-time training in Teachers' Training College (TTC). Description of hectic life during the teachers' training. Interaction amongst trainee teachers. Inspection and evaluation of teaching skills by the lecturer. He used different languages to teach different groups of students. Description of the school surroundings. Disturbance by a nearby construction site at Paya Lebar Airport.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 12
Metadata
- 20 Jun 1997
Recording Date
- 00:29:01
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Description of a hi-tech geography room that made lessons interesting. Large halls that attracted other schools' usage. School trips to Malaysia. Changes after the school became a government-aided school. Kong Hwa School was known as Guang Chyan School before 1953. Full enrolment during 1958. Teachers' hostel. Interaction between the schools set up by the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan. Teachers could request to teach certain subjects in the 1950s. Shortage of English language teachers.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 12
Metadata
- 20 Jun 1997
Recording Date
- 00:29:46
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Description of school uniforms. The School song was changed in the 1970s. School rules and badge. Students' background. Discipline in school. Standard of textbooks was higher in those days. Made own teaching aids. Comparison of different teaching aids and teaching methods now and then. How to evaluate the students.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 12
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- 20 Jun 1997
Recording Date
- 00:28:26
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Marks were deducted if students missed lessons. Extra-curricular activities (ECA) and Sports Day. Description of the inter-schools sports day for the five schools under Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan. Advantage of home visits. His different roles in school. Relationship between the school administrative clerk and the Huay Kuan. Interaction between the school and the Huay Kuan. Funds for the school.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 12
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- 20 Jun 1997
Recording Date
- 00:27:43
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Involvement of Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan's Education Section in school. Changes in administration after receiving school grants from government. Principal was responsible for teachers' recruitment. Work scope of school clerk. Development of the school under different principals and their management styles.
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Reel/Disc 8 of 12
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- 27 Jun 1997
Recording Date
- 00:29:16
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Relationship between the different principals and teachers. Importance of interaction between principal and teachers. Interviewee's relationship with different principals. Appointment of principal. How today's students and parents differ from those of earlier days. Disciplinary problems. Advantages of corporal punishment. Virtues emphasised by school. Activities during assembly. Ways to inculcate values.
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Reel/Disc 9 of 12
Metadata
- 27 Jun 1997
Recording Date
- 00:29:22
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Recalled that prefects carried red sticks when they carried out duties. Selection of prefects. Change of academic subjects. Relationship between directors and teachers. Behaviour of students. Reason for the students' declining respect for teachers. Comment on the tuition teachers and the problems created by parents.
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Reel/Disc 10 of 12
Metadata
- 27 Aug 1997
Recording Date
- 00:29:48
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
More on the problems brought about by parents. Reasons for corporal punishment. Comments on teacher-police system. Disciplinary problems in school. Interviewee's experience as a retrained teacher and his problems. Decreased student population before school's conversion to the English stream. Never considered leaving the school. Reason why teachers in Kong Hwa School.
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