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Title
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Brenda Bilal oral history interview 2, 2005 January 13
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Interviewee
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Bilal, Brenda, 1950-
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Interviewer
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Wright, Christina
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Place of Publication
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Charlotte, North Carolina
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Publisher
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J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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Date of Interview
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2005-01-13
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Physical Description
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1 audio file (30:20) : digital, MP3
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Object Type
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sound recording-nonmusical
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Genre
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spoken word
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Language
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eng
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Interviewee Biography
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Brenda Bilal was a 55-year-old woman at the time of interview, which took place in her office in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was born in Durham, North Carolina in 1950. She was educated at Fayetteville State University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and University of Texas; and was employed as a college teacher and a college administrator.
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Abstract
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In part two of this two-part interview, Brenda Bilal continues discussing her experience with open education in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system. Ms. Bilal criticizes the current trend in mainstream education at the time of interview of increasing reliance on standardized testing, saying that this is stressful for students and forces teachers to teach to the test rather than structuring the curriculum to student needs. She shares her opinion that contracts, collaboration between students, and flexible projects are more effective ways to approach education. In addition to her perspective as an educator, Ms. Bilal also sees value in open education from her perspective as a parent. She describes the qualities that she believes her children gained in having an open education, including a sense of self-worth, creative thinking, empathy for others, persistence, and resourcefulness.
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Digital Object Notes
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MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master file. Interview originally recorded on minidisc and digitized using Digidesign 003 rack.
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Interviewee Occupations
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College administrators
College teachers
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Subjects--Names
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Bilal, Brenda, 1950-
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Subjects--Organizations
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
West Charlotte High School (Charlotte, N.C.)
Piedmont Open Middle School (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Subjects--Topics
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Open plan schools
Multiculturalism
Educational tests and measurements
Active learning
Independent study
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Subjects--Geographic
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North Carolina--Charlotte
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Subjects--Genre
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Interviews
Oral histories
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Coverage--Dates
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1970-2010
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Digital Collection Title
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Open schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg
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Digital Project Title
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Living Charlotte : the postwar development of a New South city
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Related Materials Note
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Irwin Avenue Open School records, 1957-2004. J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
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Rights
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The materials included on this web site are freely available for private study, scholarship or non-commercial research under the fair use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, United States Code). Any use beyond the provisions of fair use, including but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication, broadcast, redistribution or mounting on another web site always require prior written permission and may also be subject to additional restrictions and fees. UNC Charlotte does not hold literary rights to all materials in its collections and the researcher is responsible for securing those rights when needed. Copyright information for specific collections is available upon request.
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Grant Information
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Digitization made possible by funding from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.
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Internet Media Type
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audio/mpeg
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Related Interviews
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Brenda Bilal oral history interview 1, 2006 January 6, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (https://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/uncc%3A159)
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Related Materials
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Irwin Avenue Open School records, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/287)
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Identifier
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OH-BI0410