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PART TWO – DATA AND ANALYSES
Chapter Four - The diachronic analysis
– who, what and when? 112
Introduction 112
Setting the scene 112
Table 4.1 For each person, hopes at the start
and outcomes at the finish of the semester 114
Dramatis Personae – the students 115
The setting trope 116
The fieldwork 117
The story so far for the group 119
Table 4.2 Attendances throughout the semester 121
And now in a different form … 121
Back to the narrative 123
Summary of ‘Dramatis Personae and the setting’ 124
A narrative account of the semester 124
Session One 125
Questions and learning edges from Session One 125
Questions and learning edges that come in Session Two 126
Questions and learning edges that come in Session Three 126
Session two 126
Session three 127
Session four 127
Session five 128
Session six 129
Session seven 130
Session eight 131
Session nine 135
Session ten 135
Session eleven 136
Session twelve 137
Session thirteen 137
Session fourteen 138
Session fifteen 139
Summary and conclusion 140
Introduction to Chapters Five to Nine 141
Introduction 141
A word about research method 141
Chapter Five – A Beginning
(Up-Bringing - Session 10) 144
Introduction 144
The aims of this chapter 144
DESCRIPTION 145
The beginning of the session – a verbatim transcript with commentary 145
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