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where contemporary concerns guide and influence the selection from
past data. It may not only be a personal synthesis but related to
the professional concerns within the group during the year. Collabor-
ation and co-operation do not always lead to explcitly joint submissions
but only rarely
in an effective working group do individuals pursue
themes that are unrelated to the concerns of others.
If this is the
case
and within this group there are several examples where Course
work enables
students to approach contemporary and personal
issues
from various theoretical positions it underlines the need for school
group tutors knowing and appreciating the possible directions of work
students are undertaking. In most cases neither more nor less than
this is required but without it students are left much as they often
perceive pupils to be left to make sense of a disparate and segmented
curriculum for themselves.
It is difficult to demonstrate the relationship of one student’s course
work to the group that they work in for it is part of a cumulative
process of working together. Students in their work often refer to
other students and
-throughout the
course students
become more confident and articulate about the value
for them of the group.
follows the presentation of the
at an experience shared with other
In the next extract which
paper referred to above SS3 looks
students in the school.
School A 7.5.82 P9 ji
..... Thinking of education today, I think
this idea of
on people
control, this imposing something
(inaudible). I'm thinking
of a IV Year 0 level lesson and Mr X's voice
coming
over
the loudspeaker 'Any IV year’s
wearing trainers' and there was a lad sitting
there and we saw he had trainers on and his