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Chatwin, Nora - Interview

Item number (ISN):

435298

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1978-11-13

Item number (ISN):

435298

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

DAVIDSON, Stewart

Accession:

1980-0014

Media:

Sound

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1978-11-13

Production company:

Stewart A. Davidson (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Stewart A. Davidson

Description:

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Interview of Nora Chatwin as part of a series of oral history interviews of pioneers in Canadian physical education, sport and recreation. The interview was conducted by Dr. Stewart A Davidson in Chatwin’s Toronto apartment on the morning of 13 November 1978. Chatwin speaks about: her early background in England; a teacher-exchange program and early experiences in Timmins, Ontario in 1946; recollections of the kinds of physical education programs in effect in northern Ontario in the late 1940s in primary and elementary school grades; a comparison of physical education programs in Canadian and British schools; her teaching experience with the Ottawa Board of Education; her early involvement with summer courses in physical education at Guelph; comments on the Strathcona Trust program; recollections of duties and responsibilities as Supervisor of Physical Education with the Ontario Department of Education from 1952 to 1973; comments on observed changes in elementary school physical education in Ontario over the years; equipment and facilities; introduction of the Canadian Foldaway Climber; the expansion of supervisory services in Ontario in the 1950s; thoughts on the place of specialists in physical education from 1947 to 1973; reminiscences on the preparation for publication of Physical Education for Primary Grades (1956) and Junior Division Physical Education (1959) and comments on the appropriateness of that material for today’s teachers; reflection on professional preparation programs in Great Britain and comparison with programs of today in Canadian universities; involvement with the Physical Education Section of the Ontario Education Association and with the Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (CAHPER); professional associates considered to have made significant contributions to physical education, including: Jan Vallance; Ross Waters; Bing Caswell; Tom Hennesy; Jim Patterson; Olive Clark; Mary Lyttle; Marion Irwin; Jack McKenzie; Dorothy Walker and Eileen Reid; opinions on major accomplishments within the profession in Canada during the 20th century, including: general acceptance of the necessity of physical activity as part of the elementary school child’s curriculum and improvement in facilities and equipment for physical education; her personal views on the present state of physical education in elementary schools in Ontario; and a review of Ontario’s summer courses program, enrollment, decentralization and overseas courses.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. This is part of a series of interviews done by Professor Stewart Davidson of the School of Human Kinetics of the University of Ottawa, as part of a study of the history of physical education in Canada.~2. The oral history interviews were recorded by the donor/creator on audio cassettes provided by the Public Archives of Canada. ~3. Donor/interviewer granted permission to reproduce, publish or broadcast after 1 July 1981.~4. On cassettes 1980-0014/34 and 35.

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Vault ISN:

723837

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1980-0014/34
1980-0014/35

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG
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Conditions of access:

Open

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Copyright waived

Reproduction access:

copyright waived : no donor restrictionsThe Collection File states: "Thye interviews are available for further research but permission is required to publish or broadcast any portions of them until July 1, 1981".

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