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work which also serve a formal

and external assessment have their

limits. This is not to argue against written work but to propose
that it should have a place alongside other forms of work that cont-

ribute to and represent the students


achievements


throughout the


year.

The research and observations of the work of the Alternative Course

over time


suggests


that writing has a critical part to play both


in the students


theorising and in the development and reflection


on their practice.


It is through a variety of forms of writing and


sometimes


other


forms


of representation - video or photographs for


example, that students clarify for themselves as well as for others

their own directions, their strengths and weaknesses. Whilst able

to inform others the writing essentially becomes a part of the self

and it may be this aspect of the Alternative Course work’s accomp-


which


made the Report so satisfying an accomplishment for


many students.

There are some PGCE students for whom writing in the personal, analy-


discursive

seemingly required by the tasks they are

retreat to accustomed

forms like the university essay for some but


for others


this does


not exist and for many this only perpetuates


a form of


contact with theory that in


the new context



not be


illuminating. The research suggested that the ways of working that

were


established and the requirements


of coursework impinged quite


differently on different students. For some learning to take part

in discussion and to find this productive was a major task. For

some commitment required by keeping a diary was inappropriate whilst



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