{"product_id":"a-blackboard-in-the-bush","title":"A Blackboard in the Bush","description":"\u003cp\u003ePudman Creek School \u0026amp; public education in NSW.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn opening a window on the history of Pudman School, its teachers and students, this book does four things. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst, it looks briefly at the history of education in the colony of New South Wales and the internecine battles that arose between the competing religious interests that sought to rule.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSecond, it captures from archival material what it took to get a school at Pudman Creek.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThird, it tells what it was like to teach at Pudman, a sole-teacher school, against the backdrop of a growing bureaucracy and a powerful inspectorial system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFourth it draws on first-hand accounts, derived from interviewing former pupils, to discover what it was like to attend a small rural school.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis mix illustrates the bond between community, teacher and school, a drama played out in scores of similar small rural communities across NSW as education was brought to the people who asked for it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Philip Hobbs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44701725098153,"sku":"9781740274197","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/20240922_111528.jpg?v=1726967879","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/a-blackboard-in-the-bush","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}