Conclusions.

Today we want to share a new entry with you.

On this new post we are going to talk about the conclusion fo our Oral History Project. 

So finally, after to compare all of these, we have obtained some conclusion of our project. We have found some differences between the primary education that one woman have experienced in a small village and another have received in a big city.

The relationship between teachers and students:

                - In the city was more authoritarian

                - In the village was warmer and closer

The methodology was completely different:

                - In the city was all about books, notebooks…

                - In the village was just one encyclopedia and more practical

There’s a huge difference between schools:

                - In the city there was a building with small several classes

                - In the village there was just a big classroom 

Best regards. 

What two women said about their experience at primery school during 50's and 60's

This essay analyzes the main contents of the interview and how was the narrator’s experience at school in 50’s and 60’s. Firstly, they have talked about school and its structure. Secondly, about the methodology they used and how they worked at school. Finally, they have explained the relationship between students and the teacher.

We have found interesting to ask them how was the school structure and also the classes they went. So, Maria Paz told us that her primary school had different classes where boys and girls were together. Surprisingly, Mary Paz’s school had not had playground so they passed their breaks at the street under a teacher’s watch. On the other hand, Isabel told us that in her village the school was not a school itself it was only a class where there were only girls because the boy’s school was in another place on the village.

The methodology they used at school was through books. Meanwhile, Maria Paz said that they had their own book and paper sheets to work on them, Isabel said that they had only an encyclopedia for the class. Moreover, Maria Paz told us that her classes were more theoretical and Isabel told us that her classes were theoretical too and also practical because for example, when they had to study Geography they went out of the class to see the river and the mountain near the village.

It is important to take an overview of how was the relationship between the students and their teachers. About this and comparing their experiences we have found an interesting and a big difference. In one hand, Maria Paz said that students did not have relationship with their teachers because teachers were more authoritarian and distant. On the other hand, Isabel said that she had a good memory about her teachers because teachers were so warm and close with their students.

Before concluding this essay, we want to highlight some interesting anecdotes about their school’s experience. In case of Maria Paz, she said “At the beginning I like going to school but when they started to send homework I didn’t like it so much…” (2015).  In case of Isabel, she said “Every morning we have to sing the National Anthem in front of the Franco and Primo de Rivera’s photos and then we said… ¡Viva España!” (2015). The first anecdote was common for us, because these days kids do not like doing homeworks either. But at the same time, the second one was kind of shocking. Because we never have to do that, singing the National Athem. Nowadays nobody does, so it was so weird for us to hear it. 

Finally, to conclude we have observed a lot of differences about the primary education between a woman who studied in the city and another one who studied in a village. However, both of them think that the education in the city is better than in the village.

Methodology Review

When conducting any form of social research, it is important to take moment to evaluate the methodology employed in the light of the results obtained.

In our group, we have discussed the strong and weak points of our methodological design, using the following points:

•      Topic and narrators:

Our topic has been interesting for us and it has facilitated our work and our research. The narrators have been picked because of our topic and they have provided us a lot of useful information about it. We have to say that we have changed one narrator in order to make it better.

We think that in this point we have not had any suggestion of improvement.

•      Preparing for the interview:

Before preparing our interview, we have made a list of topics and then we have also established the questions. We think that we should have made the background before the interview; however it has not supposed any problem in our project.

According to the background, it has been chosen according to our topic and also we have elaborated it through choosing specific ideas from different sources (such as magazines, newspaper and periodicals libraries…) about it.

•       Interviewing and transcribing:

Our interview was long enough to answer the necessary questions. Narrators let us to record the interview effectively. They were relatives, so it was easy for doing the interview; they weren’t embarrass so they told us and gave us lots of necessary information, photos… for our project. The external conditions for the interview were appropriate; however, one of the group member lost a day at the University for doing the interview.

•      Group dynamics and publication:

Every member of the group has worked according to their task (one works on the blog structure, other did the project presentation, the interviews…). We have to say that the project is taking us a lot of time doing it, because we want to share a lot of information and reduce to talk about the mainly points was difficult.

•      Other points:

Besides the above points, other things we should improve in order to work more effectively and obtain more valid research results through for example structuring the time better and trying don’t be in a rush.

Additional Information.

Welcome to our blog again!

Here we are once again.

Today we decided to do another entry, this one is about the additional information that we want to share with you because we think is interesting to do so.

There are some photos of typical material and stuff that our interviewee told us that they used to use during their scholar period, and also gave us the name of those materials that we would like to share with you today. 

 

The lunch box and a game that they used, this is a box with numbers and letters. 

These are some of the notebooks that they used to use. And the middle photo is the "Marks paper"

This photo show the way the kids were punished this decade. One of the is wearing "donkey ears" and the other one is doing some copies on the blackboard. 

This are some material that they used in maths class. The first one is a compass and the sencond picture are some geometrical figures. 

This is the encyclopedia that was the book they used to learn

The crucifix was in every class. The globe, and this map to learn more about Spain and their food. 

This are some crayons, chalks and the pencil case.

And finally this is the abacus. 

Secondly, we also want to share an extra video that we found on the internet about other experiences that other women have told, and that video is on the internet. So we thought it would be an amazing extra material or information to share.

We hope you like it.

About the interview and narrators.

Welcome to our blog again!

Here we are once more.

Today we decided to do another entry; this one is about the finding and the answers our narrators gave us during this Oral History Project. 

We are going to share with you some audios answering to 2 questions that we have focused on.

Also we will give you a summary from the rest of the interview.

In one hand, Mari Paz told us that:

• She went to the primary schools from 5 to 10 years old.
• About these primary schools she attended in Madrid, she told us that her classes were few and small; where there were both boys and girls and all of them wore uniform.

Classes had around 10 desks (pupils sat in pairs), a blackboard and the teacher’s table.

Schools didn’t have playground and they passed their brakes in the street under a teacher’s watch.

We would like to share an interesting anecdote; she said “I like school but not doing homework".

After the primary school she continued her studies but she didn’t go to the University because she wanted to work. So, she did some shorthand and typing courses and she also studied French and English. All of this with the aim of working as “Administrativo”.

On the other hand, Isabel told us that:

• She went to primary school from 6 to 14 years old in Galicia; she finished school at 14 years because when the students had this age the school is over for them.
• About the school she attended in Tuxe, she told us that the school was only a big class where all the ages were together and the school was only for girls and in the class was from 20 to 30 girls.  The class had desks (small and big) with an inkwell, a blackboard where they have to copy from.

She told us an interesting anecdote “every morning we had to say “Viva España” and sang the national anthem in front of the photo of “Francisco Franco” and “Primo de Rivera”.

After the primary education she continued studied two years at a teacher’s house because her parents paid for her and her brother Luis to take them.

When she was 16 years old she moved to France with her aunts and there she studied French in a school and took care of an American child.

When she was 18 years old she moved with her aunts to Madrid to study hairdressing.  

Now we want to share with you some audios of these interviews that have been interesting to compare in our project:

•  The first audio is about the characteristics of their teachers and it’s also about the relationship among them

  

• The last one is about how they worked; and the methodology they used at school.

We have asked our narrators a final question: Where you would like to have received the education in a small village or in the city? So, they answered this:

• Isabel said that she would like to have received the education in the city; and Maria Paz the same, too.

We hope you find it interesting. 

Best regards. 

Presentation.

Welcome again to our blog.

Few days ago we had to present our Oral History Project to our class. So, because of that, we have decied to upload it here, to our blog. No you are able to see a little summary about it.

We leave you here our "Power Point Presentation" that we did for our Social Science class.

So here it is.


Hope you like it.

The interview.

Hello everybody and welcome againg to our blog.

On today's entry we bring you both interviews, the first one we leave you is María Paz.




What an interesting interview!! Now it's time for Isabel's.




We hope you liked it as much as we did.

Thank you so much.