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the course. What is important is the sense that it does come toge-
ther and that one can move from the hesitancy, incapacity and
confusion of the first teaching practice into a teacher with a sense
of direction, competence and clear sightedness. A sense of this
is given here and the reading of the full transcript gives the
impression that the
discussion with E8θ helped students to see the
possibility .
This
requires
for the active process
of
theorising cannot be
transmitted and evaluated simply.
The relation-
ship between group structures
the availability of professionals,
the willingness to work on one’s own experience all make a contrib-
ution .
The relative informality of the school group
the possibility
of discussion and questioning appeared to
allow members to work with
what E8θ had to offer according to their own personal concerns and
it is this which is crucial.
In this section ther< has been a deliberate emphasis on EδO,s contrib-
ution to the group. This is because contact with past students in
a variety of settings offered by the Alternative Course is a common
way of working valued by students on the course as well as past
students.