Date
12.10.79
E2
I think it's
12
come from the students, it
hasn't come from the
course
E3
Well, say the students do it and not the
course ,
I mean the course has provided the setup,
whereby they can have that sort of discussion
and raise those ideas,
if you were all trooping
off to a lecture on a Friday morning, then that
forum is not provided so easily.
Date
26.10.79
12
E2
It doesn’t seem like that at C, does it.
When X came he was giving us a seminar and he
was saying how wonderful it all is and then all
of us, when we’re there in the morning
he just
stands up and shouts at the kids all morning.
I mean, everybody has commented on that.
So
it’s like the difference between the theory as
presented by the head of department and what
we actually see.
SS2
I think really as well if you believe in
it, in the ethos of teaching you know in your
own mind how you want to teach, then you face
the situation that, for instance, take School
E, for the two days I’ve been there
it’s quite
impossible for me to teach in a School E
situat ion
because the kids are so
E2
Yeah, but you haven’t really given it a
chance .....
SS2
But there again that’s something that’s
really quite hard to cope with because there’s
not many schools really that fit into our kind
of framework of ..... I know, you can make certain
changes on a limited scale, but basically the
system is the controlling factor and you could
be very unhappy.
You go into a school where
you can't fit in .. .
E2
It may take years to find the right school.
It depends how progressive your ideas are because
if they're really, really progressive then you'll
never find the school.