The name is absent

167

says in his contribution to the discussion the extracts do show how

the students are confronted with the problems of both willing
unwilling learners. As the visiting tutor outlines in the next

and

extract unwilling and unmotivated pupils and the contribution that

the school can make

them

have been very much his concern for a

number of years .

School C 8.12.83 P25 gi P26∕27 gii

Tutor

You highlight a real problem - one of the

Inspectors picked

up with me

Social

Education Course fits in IV and V year

options and it’s really to create an environ-

ment for some kids for 4 or 5 periods a week

that they can manage because in lots of the

courses they have to do - they’re all examin-

ation courses you know - they can’t cope
and they’re continually reminded that they’re
failures. The inspector said to me ’Fine,
you’ve got that situation - an environment
they can manage, how do you know that you’re
developing - how do you take them beyond
that’ and he was raising the problem of how

you evaluate what you
diate kind of value
you’ve been doing.

have enjoyed it, the

do and there’s an imme-

in some of the things

You can see the kids

staff have enjoyed it,

the kids have got a lot of personal contact,
and you can see maybe you’ve got an interest

there - but there are still lots
about how you take them beyond that - but

of problems

I think with that kind of work you find
strengths come out of kids rather than in

a formal setting where you

often find their