The name is absent

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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

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
2

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 .....