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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
an issue.
being raised all
the
as
The shaping of all of this in relation to issues was attempted in
the visiting tutor's introduction. What followed showed the students
as
beginning the groundwork that might make
such formulations
possible for them. Before this they need to work back over their
own exnerience as thev do in the next extract.