Charmaine Grace Pountney CNZM is a New Zealand educator.[1]

Biography

Pountney attended Epsom Girls' Grammar School in Auckland from 1955 to 1959; in her final year, she was head girl and dux. After finishing high school, she trained as a secondary school teacher.[2]

In 1978, Pountney was appointed headmistress of Auckland Girls' Grammar School, a position she held for 10 years. She then became head of the teachers' college in Hamilton, then founding principal of the School of Education at the University of Waikato.[2]

In 1992, Pountney moved to the Āwhitu Peninsula, where she established an organic farm and orchard, and established the Āwhitu Peninsula Landcare Group.[2] In 2000, she published her autobiography.[3]

Awards and recognition

In 1993, Pountney received the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal.[4] In the 2002 Birthday Honours, she was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to education.[5]

Publications

  • Pountney C. G. (2000). Learning our living: a teaching autobiography. Cape Catley.[6]
  • Crombie W. Poulson L. & Pountney C. G. (199?). The tension between language and English language in national curricula: a critical study.[7]
  • Pountney C. G. Brame G. & New Zealand. (1977). You and your language. School Publications Branch Dept. of Education.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "INTERVIEW : Charmaine Pountney". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Charmaine Pountney 1955–1959" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Learning our living : a teaching autobiography / Charmaine G. Pountney". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "The New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 – Register of recipients | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)". www.dpmc.govt.nz. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "The Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee Honours List 2002". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 3 June 2002. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  6. ↑ Pountney, Charmaine G. (2000). Learning our living : a teaching autobiography. Auckland, N.Z.: Cape Catley. ISBN 0-908561-86-5. OCLC 46474124.
  7. ↑ "The tension between language and English language in national curricula : a critical study | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "You and your language | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 16 April 2023.


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