The name is absent

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SS2 There’s an awful lot about etiquette of
trying to find out about the class back-
ground .....

This underlines not merely the etiquette of fact finding but the
way in which views of relevant knowledge differ within and between
schools affecting what counts as acceptable explanation. The rela-
tion of theory and practice in teacher education is not only the
vexed question of mismatch between schools and training institutions
but an often unexplicated dynamic in the affairs of schools. To
appreciate this dynamic and to work within it is an essential quality
for all teachers and one which should be a concern of initial train-
ing. The school group with its tutor and visiting tutor can enable
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students to begin this work.

4 . 2 Nature of Pedagogy

Within

the Research Group the importance of some experiences over

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Encounters

others for the students’ learning was emphasised.

with pupils, teachers

classrooms are obviously a part of initial

training but it was suggested that the PGCE ’course’ needed contact

and