Schools must build a moral community so that everyday behavior falls within acceptable bounds. This workshop provides tools for constructing such a community. Not every difference makes a difference. Responding to educationally irrelevant differences generates a variety of problems for the school. This seminar focuses on what is educationally relevant, and the practical problems of legal versus moral conceptions of difference.
Specific attention is given to issues of ethnicity, handicap and gender.
Educating Linguistic Minorities America's diversity grows daily, and so do the educational challenges this generates. Yet linguistic difference is often exaggerated as a source of educational problems. Coping with linguistically different students is hardly the onerous task it is perceived to be. Appreciating the desire of students of all kinds to achieve and fit in points the way to adaptive educational strategies. This interactive workshop focuses on attitudinal change as well as practical skills in dealing with linguistically diverse students.