We do this in our classes all the time. At this point we seem to be repeating many of the same points that we have made several times in the past. Lets have a show of hands to see where we are. I know nothing of the history of this, but I can understand it in two ways. One is that negotiating difference means to interact and bargain with someone over differences, and the other is to work around differences in an active sense that acknowledges them.
Lets take a vote.
This is jargon. We agreed that we will bring new things to general education. No, we are just talking about epistemologies here. We are saying the same thing over and over. Having addressed these points of difficulty, lets see where we are.