The name is absent

and may now be further fro

those of the sociologists

Lacey refers to than they were at that time.

of optimism seen in this research in relation

to the possibilities of both sociology and of teacher education that

have undergone serious changes during the last decade. From the

research considered in Chapter One it is quite clear that the Sussex

experiment was not generally replicated in teacher education. The

lack of institutional commitment to the exploration of the relation-

ships of

theory and practice that

is seen there suggests that this

stage in a developing process.

The somewhat peripheral engagement of theorists of education in the
initial education of young teachers may go some way to accounting
for this state of affairs. Lacey comments on the existence of two
opposed views before the new Sussex PGCE Scheme began in the early
^,70's.

that the scheme should involve schools

which were themselves in need of help and displayed
some of the more extreme problems in teaching.
Associated with this view (in the minds of the
proponents) was the idea that the scheme should
radically re-orient students and give them a view
of the world through the eyes of the pupil and the
underprivileged. (1973 Chl P16)

This was not the view that prevailed and Lacey comments

time, the social scientists moved to having a more peripheral interest

(in the teaching of the course) and in the main research year this

Retreat and retrenchment may be

an affective and cognitive reality

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