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Monday, July 2, 2007
Learning To Cross The Cultural Divide
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A group of Gwinnett County teachers recently traveled more than 1,300 miles with hopes of improving their teaching of immigrant students — a growing population in the metro Atlanta area.
This wasn’t just a free summer vacation to Mexico. Rather, the trip was a learning experience that the educators now say will help them better teach and interact with their charges — including many who are emigrating from south of the U.S. border.
What I found interesting about Laura Diamond’s story was that the teachers were discovering cultural nuances that may have caused misunderstandings in their classrooms in the past.
I wonder: How many other teachers have been stymied by their inability to bridge the cultural divide?
