290
Sional use of knowedge was not what students expected or had received
17
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.
The starting point
for
this
school
group
seminar
is
SS3,s account
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
calling
themselves
Conservative
should not lead the
way
the
to
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 .....