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as well as for the outcome of the course in terms of the!
adjustment.
..... The Integrator has the most progressive views
on education. His main concern is with the position
of the student in the school in relation to both
staff and pupils. He is less likely than other tutors
to
supervise
formally
and
is also likely to give
less work, but is more willing to change the timetable
if this seems to be required. The tuition he gives
tends to be concerned with matters of current concern
to the students .....
..... The Allocator forms part of the largest group
and tends to be found in Comprehensive schools.
He is moderate in his opinions and his main interest
is in getting as wide a range of work covered in
an orderly and efficient manner. His students are
given more work than other tutors’ but only a moderate
amount of help. The tutorials, too, tend to be
systematic and to go through a pre-arranged set of
topics. This approach may lead to the student being
treated as a learner and perhaps feeling he has less
responsibility .....
..... The Assessor tends to be found in Secondary
Modern schools. His opinions are at the formal ends
of the scales tested and his main concern is with
evaluating the progress of the student. He gives
more
help
especially in observation of teaching,
than do the other tutors but does not make use of
the
information
acquired
to
make
timetable
changes
(which
evaluation difficult).
He is not
particularly concerned abo tutorials, which he
might change or even drop ..... (1973 Ch6 P65)
This demonstrates that the variability amongst teacher-tutors within
one
scheme
considerable
and has practical implications for the
students as teachers. Whilst selection and use of tutors is of
obvious concern to practitioners so
might
be wider questions of the
Compatability or otherwise of the
school tutors with the aims and
practices of particular courses.
This raises questions of course
planning and
of the relationship of initial with in-service education
of teachers for it is arguably unacceptable to have substantial areas
of control unacknowledged and beyond the influence of those respon-