Are we meeting the needs of bilingual learners in our school communities?
| Code | S2I |
|---|---|
| Seminar Date | Thursday 25 September |
| Start Time | 14:00 |
| Duration | 45 minutes |
| Seminar Description | Over the last few years Scotland has seen a significant growth in the number of children of migrant workers attending our schools. This has brought challenges and opportunities and it has focussed attention on several key issues: migration and our economy; diversity within EAL cohorts; the role of additional support in classrooms; political dimensions; the place of equality, justice and anti-racism in our curriculum. This seminar will take an overview on how well we have responded to the educational challenge of the latest group of migrants to make Scotland their home, and consider where we are in relation to other groups of bilingual learners in our schools. It will attempt to ask the questions that need to be answered if our system is not to stand accused of ‘failing’ bilingual learners. |
| Speakers | Larry Flanagan, Education Convener, EIS / PT English |
| Speaker biography | Larry Flanagan is Convener of the Education Committee of the Educational Institute of Scotland and as such plays a key role in representing the views of classroom teachers to a wide variety of audiences. He is also Principal Teacher of English at Hillhead High School, Glasgow, a multi-ethnic city comprehensive, and has in the past worked as a staff-tutor in Multi-cultural and Anti-racist Education, under the old Strathclyde Region. Larry has been actively involved for a number of years in developing and implementing policy in the area of equalities and has significant experience of working in a multi-ethnic school community. |
| Venue | Staffa |
| Presentation |  PowerPoint file: Are we meeting the needs of bilingual learners in our school communities? (766 KB) |