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I would like
show me the
know if -
Viv Furlong
interaction
for my money what
to do is not to
sets but show me
how on the
interaction
basis
sets
of understanding about
over a length of time
teacher could get better in conducting
learning in the classroom. Would that
the
the
the
be
fair? And that I find in a lot of the socio-
logical work it’s showing me what's wrong
but it isn’t showing me how to get better
at achieving what’s
right - looking at label-
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ling theory, it’s
showing
how education
systems generate labelling but it's not showing
me how it’s possible to get beyond it. That
I think is the difference between a socio-
logist and a teacher - between educational
and sociological thinking - it’s paralleled
of course in all sorts and points of inter-
relation
example ,
of it.
between theory and practice - for
linguistics and trying to make use
..... I think this kind of literature, the
sociology of education - and, yes, those
two articles today even, what they do do
in terms of getting us to understand how
children learn is showing us why they don’t
want to le≡ιrn so I think there is something
very positive - if you look at, for example,
the way children interact with each other
and how they redefine the situation - if
you’re aware of that then
then understand why some of
perhaps you can
these kids won’t
even come
to the
Classroo
and think well
going
to come in and learn
Well obviously
then the next step is you have to understand
how this can help us in enabling those chil-
dren then to perhaps re-define their attitude
towards
process
us why
a teacher and towards the learning
But as I say,
mainly
they’re
positively it’s showing
not learning and if
you label a child then he’s going to think
, right, I’m labelled as a deviant. I’ll stay
as a deviant ’ or if you understand how kids
interact you can see why they may not be
concerned about learning in any given lesson
- so I think there is a positive element.
The end of the session is only a break for in the second half of
the morning two school groups will work together on the issue. A