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I wouldn’t like to use that unless I’d found

out by some other

eans what kind of

feelings

the black children themselves had about being

black - what sort of awareness they had or
kind of political idea they had about being
black.

What both the visiting

tutor and the school group tutor need to know

is what the basis for the student’s decisions are. What lies behind
their classroom practice is both developed and displayed in discussions

such as this. In the Research Group it was clear that the student's

own individual

practice can at

become

a limited

base

for

extension. Access to other forms of practice, observation and

reflection may give the input that is required and give students

the confidence

to make

informed

decisions

School A 9.2.82 P9 eii

SS2

If you look at it another way what is it
you’re trying to do in this story about the
black girl - what are you actually trying
to do, make the black children feel there’s
no reason to feel worse than white children
but make them feel special - that they
have their own culture and didn’t know but
they’re really different approaches.

V
Tutor

SS2

Yes I think you’ve defined an area where
schools do differ - some people here think
it’s a better way.

I used to think the second

but since I've actually

know whether you should

something harmonious

approach was better
been here I don't
sort of interfere
seems to be going