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When school group tutors have access to this then they are in a
good position from which to advise students and equally іHiportant
maximise fully the learning opportunities of the school for the
student’s benefit.
Throughout
this section the
role of the school group tutor has been
stressed.
The role has
much
to do with mediation, with advising
and with support than it has to do with evaluation and this is a
logical outcome of the direction of the course. A concern with
professional knowledge encompasses a degree of self awareness and
assessment
Tutors contribute to this process but it is the student's
sense of where he or she is and where the next move should be that
is the point of the process.
6.3 PGCE іn the process of teacher education
The Research Group underlined
the importance of the student’s
personal
concerns
in their developing
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professional stance. Here
is
suggested
that by
involving
itself more widely with the
students
and with
what they
bring
to
the course the PGCE can enable
students
to
utilise energies
that
otherwise remain dormant or
may appear to
be
in conflict with the
demands of teaching. The
combination of
the
small
group, individual tutoring, adequate space
for represent-
at ion and
accomplishment of such work goes
some way
to recognising
the whole
person is engaged in the process of
becoming
a teacher.
The recognition within the course of what the student brings and
indeed what might stand in the way of professional development is
suggested as one important component of the course. Both the Research