La formación del profesorado para la diversidad social

Authors

Manuel Zafra JiménezSalto de línea Director del Instituto de Educación Secundaria «Fernando de los Ríos» de Fuente Vaqueros, Granada.

Abstract

Teachers' Training on Social DiversitySalto de línea Salto de línea Attention to student diversity is increasingly turning into a matter of fairness and effectiveness within education systems. In «Fernando de los Ríos» secondary school, from Fuente Vaqueros (Spain), a new practice has been carried out in the last few years consisting of making possible the access to culture, as well as the social and school integration, of students from underprivileged backgrounds. Thus, the author's purpose is that of showing the real and feasible effectiveness which certain educational establishments can achieve, provided they take into account both the integration and coexistence of students.Salto de línea This project has been implemented in Andalusia, and more precisely in rural areas. It is based on two main types of students: on the one hand, those characterized by their belonging to different ethnic minorities; they are members of deprived families and show high rates of absenteeism; and on the other hand, those who do not show these particular features.Salto de línea This study has managed to provide hopeful outcomes in the last few years. Basically, it is addressed to two major fields: first, a coexistence model based on the assimilation of basic human resources and second, the attention to a curricular diversity rooted in systematization processes and student's motivation. The resulting outcomes are of special importance since they evidence a decrease in school failure, dropout, absenteeism and conflict rates.

Keywords

Educational school project, flexible structures and organization, curriculum development, coexistence, teacher training, formative assessment.