Following the discussion on my short presentation, it was clear that the title of my essay needs work as it is very broad and does not clearly state the time period I wish to look at.

In order to correct the time period issue I will be narrowing my research down to the second world war, so will change the wording from ‘inter-war’ to ‘Second World War’. Looking specifically at the transformative effect of the war on the education of female teachers

Overall my essay question is:

To what extent can the Second World War be seen as a transformative moment in relation to Whitelands and Digby Stuart College student experience and the curriculum they experienced.

The whole question will probably go through several rounds of alterations as the question itself is highly dependent on the resources and material available in the archives. I may find that drawing a comparison between the two colleges is hard as they are both too similar or potentially there is too much to discuss in relation to the colleges individually.

I have meetings with the Whitelands archives on Tuesday 23^rd January 2018 and the Digby Stuart Archive on Friday 26^th January 2018. So hopefully I will gain more clarity from these meetings and the materials I access in the archives this week, in firming up my argument and question.

My next steps will be considering the potential subheadings and structure for the essay which I can then discuss in class on Monday 29^th January 2018.