{"id":448,"date":"2016-06-22T11:53:17","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T11:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/cuarm\/?p=448"},"modified":"2022-04-13T14:06:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T14:06:50","slug":"inspirational-people-1-dame-olive-wheeler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/cuarm\/inspirational-people-1-dame-olive-wheeler\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspirational People: 1. Dame Olive Wheeler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Photograph of Dame Olive Wheeler, taken by Elliot &amp; Fry, London. Part of Accession 271. Reproduced by permission of National Portrait Gallery under the Creative Commons License<\/em><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify\">In a new series of snippets from the archive, we\u2019ll be sharing snappy fact files about inspiring individuals from the University\u2019s history. For the first in the series, we\u2019ll begin with Dame Olive Wheeler\u2026<\/h5>\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong> Dame Olive Wheeler<\/p>\n<p><strong>Profession: <\/strong>Educationalist and Psychologist<\/p>\n<p><strong>Role at Cardiff:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1925 &#8211; Appointed Professor of Education (Women)<\/p>\n<p>1933 &#8211; Title changed formally to Professor of Education<\/p>\n<p>1948 &#8211; Became Dean of Faculty of Education<\/p>\n<p>1951 &#8211; Became Professor Emeritus of the federal University of Wales<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why was she inspirational?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">She held and published extremely progressive views on education, particularly the links between education and psychology and mental health.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Her work continues to influence educational theory today. Her progressive approach led her to anticipate later work on \u2018comprehensive schools\u2019, links between schools and industry, and the development of vocational guidance and educational counselling.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">She stood as Labour candidate in the General Election in 1922.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">She campaigned tirelessly about political and social issues, especially relating to women and young people.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">In 1949 she was awarded a DBE for services to education in Wales.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Her work at Cardiff included the development of a collegiate centre in Cathedral Road, Cardiff, where local teachers could develop skills for research in schools and classrooms so her work directly affected and improved the lives of people in the local community. Like Millicent MacKenzie (the UK\u2019s first female professor and Professor of Education at Cardiff &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/cuarm\/2015\/03\/17\/millicent-mackenzie\/\">http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/cuarm\/2015\/03\/17\/millicent-mackenzie\/<\/a>), Dame Olive\u2019s work had a direct impact on the experience of schoolchildren in Wales and the wider world, and her research would continue to influence educational theory and policy for many years to come.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photograph of Dame Olive Wheeler, taken by Elliot &amp; Fry, London. Part of Accession 271. 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