The name is absent

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There is a sense in which the

discussion is moving from an account

of good and skilled practice

to suggesting social

and political

en-

sions that impinge on this.

inner city

such awareness

sometimes

comes when as here they experience a gap

between what they have to offer and the

pupil’s willingness or ability

School A 7.5.82  P26 oi

Eng

..... One thing last

weekend I noticed on

the Duke of Edinburgh

awared thing I've been

mented

that

and

there were 4 West

this

Indian

2 West

Indian kids

there were

і eirl and

12

the
quiet
boys .
that.

one West Indian
, very much in

boy who came

the

I thought this is

so

just sort of

shadow of
twice now
mentioned

and
boy .

was
the

kids
only

And

very
while

seen

they said a lot of

the West Indian kids
scene - it's not the

thing to do - ιi
kind of activity .

a kind

ιiddle class

She may take the problem to be one of making

the activity more attrac-

tive but this is limited unless

it goes with knowledge and understand

ing of pupils* personal and cultural background. In her Option course

work English takes this up in looking at adolescent biographies gener-

ated in and out of the classroom as a way into knowing and understanding.