Mabel Jewell Baker

Mabel Jewell Baker OBE (30 Disamba 1885  17 Yuni 1967) shugabar makaranta ce ta Kudu ta Ostiraliya.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Baker a ranar 30 ga watan Disamba 1885 a Gabashin Adelaide. Ita ce ta uku cikin 'ya'ya tara na William Kendall Baker da Harriett Ann (née Chaston). Baker ta halarci Makarantar Gabashin Adelaide, sannan kuma Makarantar Ci gaba ta 'yan mata a Adelaide. Daga 1904 zuwa 1906, Baker ta kasance malama a makarantun jama'a na Parkside da Walkerville kafin ta ci gaba da halartar Kwalejin Horar da Jami'ar a 1907-08. Baker ya ci gaba da koyarwa a Makarantar Jama'a ta Payneham na tsawon shekaru hudu. Farawa a 1907 kuma na tsawon shekaru shida ta wuce darussan zane-zane tara a Jami'ar Adelaide inda ta kasance wani ɓangare na Kungiyar Daliban Mata. A cikin 1907, Baker ya nuna rashin daidaito na albashi.

 Ayyuka 
A cikin 1913, Baker ta fara koyar da tarihi, ilimin ƙasa da Ingilishi a Makarantar 'yan mata ta Walford a Malvern kafin a inganta ta zuwa babbar uwargijiyar ba da daɗewa ba; rawar da ta fara a cikin 1917 bayan mutuwar babbar uwargidan Ellen Benham. A shekara ta 1917, Baker ta koma Makarantar 'yan mata ta Walford zuwa wurin da take a yanzu a Hyde Park. Ta fara kungiyar Tsohon Masanin ba da daɗewa ba bayan da ta samu ci gaba da komawa makarantar. Baker, saboda alakar Anglican, tana maraba da ɗaliban da ke cikin dukan addinai da ƙungiyoyi. An san ta da ƙirƙirar yanayi mai tsauri amma abokantaka a makaranta.

Baker memba ne na asali na Adelaide Lyceum Club. A shekara ta 1924 ta kafa kungiyar shugabannin makarantun sakandare na mata na Kudancin Australia; ta yi aiki a matsayin Shugaba sau biyu (a 1943 da 1954).[1]

Zaɓin ma'aikatan Baker ya taimaka wajen inganta martabar ilimi a Walford ya bambanta da ƙananan wuraren kimiyya waɗanda suka sami gajeren ƙarshen sandar. Bugu da ƙari, ba sai a shekara ta 1941 ba ne aka fara karatun sakatare a Walford. A cikin 1937 Baker ya yi aiki don taron Adelaide na New Education Fellowship kafin ya kaddamar da Walford Parent-Teacher Association shekara guda bayan haka. Baker ta ba da izinin mutane a makarantar ta bayyana ra'ayoyin masu zaman lafiya a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu duk da cewa ita mai mulkin mallaka ce kuma mai kishin kasa. Daga 1943 zuwa 1955, Baker ta kasance memba na kwamitin ba da shawara na watsa shirye-shiryen ilimi kafin ta yi shekaru shida a kwamitin yara na Sojoji. Baker ta sayar da makarantar dalibanta 450 ga Cocin Anglican kuma ta yi ritaya a ƙarshen 1955. A shekara ta 1956, an nada Baker O.B.E  kuma ta kasance mai ba da shawara a Kwalejin Mata ta Jami'ar (daga baya Kwalejin St Ann) har zuwa 1961.

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