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out the ideas and more importantly to explore their base.
The school
group is established as a forum
The proximity of the group to
application of ideas or skills
The possibility of collaborative
for discussing and applying ideas.
practice makes consideration and
a relatively natural next step.
work seen in the first and second
extract is of equal
Il
ιportance especially at this point
in the year
in making projects handleable for students.
b) Integration of PGCE work with school experience
As well as integrating disparate parts of the PGCE course and
encouraging their discussion in relation to the school, the school
group both in the Institute and in the school provides a space for
considering educational issues as they occur in school. Active
participation in the affairs of the school is often available to
students by nature of their permanent attachment to particular
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areas of its work. Active participation, student research and
ready access to parts of the school not usually associated with
a subject-based teaching practice are apparent in the following
extracts .
School A 16.10.81 Pl bi
Tutor
Can we come back to the
teachers inviting SSl and
RE into Integrated Studies
III
eetings.
RE ..... They have. I think it’s a fortnightly
meeting to discuss things - staff planning
- and they're going to look at drama .....
Tutor So it looks as if you're going to be involved
in staff planning meetings - is everyone
RE It's alternate Tuesdays after school.