The name is absent

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Sional use of knowedge was not what students expected or had received
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in higher education. In the Alternative Course the attempt is to
direct and focus the in depth work so that it contributes to the
development of professional knowledge.

of his researches into the early years of state educaiton which is
to be presented as part of his course work for assessment. Only a
brief synopsis can be given here for the presentation was lengthy

and involved extracts from contemporary documents to illustrate his

basic theme. This was that before state education, education was

not confined to children. Many working class people were involved

in a rich educational culture that was linked to political issues
that involved them. The family, neighbourhood and workplace were
all explored as educational resources. He went on to look at the
development of working class education through Chartism that paralleled
state intervention. A quotation from Shuttleworth makes his deve-

loping position clear.

Pβ∕7 i(iv) i(v)

1868 - Kay Shuttleworth - "We think it highly certain
that persons and property will in certain parts of
the country be exposed to violence materially to

affect the prosperity of our manufacture and commerce
diminish the stability of our political and socia
institutions. It is astonishing to us that the party

in promoting the diffusion of that knowledge among

working classes which tends beyond anything else

promote the security of property and promote the

maintenance of public order .....

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