| Description |
xi, 222 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Preface -- Theatre of the absurd -- Childhood -- School -- Melbourne University -- 'Otranto' -- Oxford -- Europe -- Christmas 1950 -- The D.Phil.-Oxford -- Family affairs -- Changing places -- Learning about universities -- Learning to teach -- Education -- A university view -- Australian literature -- Patrick White's Australia -- Censorship -- Secret women's business -- Harvard -- The ABC |
| Summary |
"Leonie began writing Broomstick in 2002 after retiring from all official roles at the University of Sydney. Originally, she planned to write a series of essays describing and analysing aspects of educational change based on her experience of nearly sixty years in academic life. She was sceptical of much current theory of education. To enable the reader to understand how her opinions arose, Leonie decided that she needed to include some of her personal history, because her own education had set her up for life and been the foundation of all her achievements. But she had no intention of writing her autobiography or memoirs. The biographical information was intended only as the context for her ideas . . ."--Back cover |
| Analysis |
Australian |
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
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Australian literature |
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Australians overseas |
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Autobiography |
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Kramer, Leonie |
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Tertiary education |
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Universities |
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University of Sydney |
| Notes |
"Anyone familiar with Leonie Kramer's writing will find this book a surprise. It is not like anything else she has published. Leonie began writing Broomstick in 2002 after retiring from all official roles at the University of Sydney. Originally, she planned to write a series of essays describing and analysing aspects of educational change based on her experience of nearly sixty years in academic life. She was sceptical of much current theory of education. To enable the reader to understand how her opinions arose, Leonie decided that she needed to include some of her personal history, because her own education had set her up for life and been the foundation of all her achievements. But she had no intention of writing her autobiography or memoirs. The biographical information was intended only as the context for her ideas..."--Backcover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical notes (pages 219-222) |
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Kramer, Leonie Judith Gibson., 1924-
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Kramer, Leonie Judith Gibson.
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Kramer, Leonie Judith Gibson., Dame, 1924-
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Kramer, Leonie Judith Gibson., Dame, 1924-2016
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Kramer, Leonie Judith Gibson., 1924-2016
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University of Sydney -- Presidents -- Biography.
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University of Sydney -- Presidents.
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Australian literature -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Australian literature.
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Authors, Australian -- Biography.
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Authors, Australian -- Biography.
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Autobiography -- Australia -- 20th century.
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College teachers -- Australia -- Biography.
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Education -- Australia -- Bibliography.
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Education -- Australia.
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Education, Higher -- Australia.
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Educational change -- Australia.
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Women educators -- Australlia -- Bibliography
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Women in education -- Australlia -- Bibliography
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
2012494674 |
| ISBN |
9781921875847 |
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