The name is absent

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SSl is a mature student and illustrates the point about flexibility,
ɪn the long term the experience of the learner teacher points towards
their definitions and directions as probationary teachers and it
is vital that those experiences are suited to the diverse needs of
the students.

5.3 Place of PGCE in Process of Teacher Education

a) PGCE - The probationary year

The student teachers* professional sense of themselves at the end

of the course and the beginning of the probationary year is the basic

Beginning a teaching career in circumstances

those you would want is becoming increasingly common and was a matter

of real concern within the Research Group.

appointment looks ’better’ or ’worse’ than the teaching practice

ments at the beginning of the next extract.

School B 24.11.81 P15∕16 si

SSl     That’s what we were talking about if you

si      get into a sort of school that teaches diff-

erently to what we’re used to at School B
or we’ve got at the Institute we’re really
going to feel lost.

Well the sort of practices you take for

granted here - you had teaching across sub-

teachers who would still be setting compre-
hension and controlled writing - there’s

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