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From yesterday afternoon’s discussion (SS
- Method work) other schools do a lot of
vocational City and Guilds type courses in
social studies eg nursery nurses based in
school.
Eng The Inwer VI is much bigger than the Upper
VI. Why is that? Is it because of the job
situation?
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I know they do have placements outside because
one of the girls who works at my children’s
nursery I met in school - so there must be
something going on.
Res
Tutor
Yes, School B does that sort of
And one of the areas of school
work placement.
where it often
happens is on offsite units where that sort
of involvement is seen as critical - to change
status .
SS2 Has anyone else come across any of that sort
of work experience.
Eng I remember in the VI form at the beginning
when X was reading out a list of what children
need when they leave school and work experi-
ence was one of them and they said ‘ but we’ve
never been given any and he said ’it’s very
difficult to organise.
SSl A lot of them have it through their families.
The
ajority
of that VI form group have a
variety of jobs out of school ..... one of
them virtually runs an off-licence nearby.
ingly clear about their own concerns as the group becomes productive
for them as a place to discuss professional matters. The tutor,
is able to
whilst contributing to the group discussions and plans
ascertain the personal concerns and directions
and in personal tutoring
tries
to
inf on
through relevant reading
or
further experience.
The professional
discourse increasingly reflects both group and indi-
vidual
pursuits and once well
established they
develop as part of