MASRAN bin Sabran
Education in Singapore (Part 3: Malay/Tamil),
Accession Number 002422
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 8
Total Reels
- Zaleha bte Osman
Interviewer
- 03:46:40
Total Running Time
- Malay
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 8
Metadata
- 23 Oct 2000
Recording Date
- 00:28:56
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Interviewee's family background. Schools attended by interviewee. Interviewee's experience during Japanese Occupation. Why interviewee left Malaysia to live in Singapore. Interviewee studied at Kota Raja Malay school. Malay schools in Singapore. How interviewee became teacher. Pre-selection process to become teacher. Training underwent by interviewee. Recruitment of teachers by Sultan Idris Training College (SITC).
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Reel/Disc 2 of 8
Metadata
- 23 Oct 2000
Recording Date
- 00:29:31
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Quota set for enrolment into Sultan Idris Training College (SITC). Allowance received while on training. Subjects learned during training. SITC students negotiated for increase in allowance. Final-year foreign students went back to respective countries to test out their teaching skills. Interviewee's experience of teaching at island school. Interviewee's observation of islanders.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 8
Metadata
- 23 Oct 2000
Recording Date
- 00:30:56
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Training experience at Sultan Idris Training College (SITC). SITC hostels. Description of hostel life. Interaction with other hostelites. Rules and regulations at SITC. Enthusiasm among students during inter-school sports day in past. Rote learning. Types of punishment meted out by teachers in past. Teachers had more liberty to punish students then. Interviewee's ex-students still remember him.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 8
Metadata
- 23 Oct 2000
Recording Date
- 00:30:00
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
How some teachers conduct their lessons. Parent-teacher interaction in old days. Description of sports day. Events participated by interviewee in school sports day and at Sultan Idris Training College (SITC). Effect of Singapore-Malaysia merger on school syllabus in Singapore. Different standard of Malay language taught in schools. Good standard of Malay language among Malay students then.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 8
Metadata
- 23 Oct 2000
Recording Date
- 00:30:45
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Reasons for decline in Malay language. Malay-educated language teachers have better grasp of Malay language. New breed of Malay language teachers. Interviewee's relationship with his students. Helping students financially. Needy students borrowed textbooks from school. Where Curriculum Development Institute of Singapore (CDIS) specialist writers get materials for their work. Relationship between teachers and principal in past. Teachers requesting for transfer to other schools.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 8
Metadata
- 23 Oct 2000
Recording Date
- 00:31:00
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Duties of senior teachers. Description of teacher's quarters. Quarters provided by Ministry. Comparisons of students' and parents' attitudes in the past and present. Feels that student in the past are easier to discipline. Attributed lack of discipline in students presently to relaxation of punishments in schools. Noticed that parents today are more demanding. Relationship between students and teachers in the past. How lessons were taught in schools.Teachers instilled good values in students.
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