Pat Lloyd and I are abroad again, but this time it’s not to the East. It’s Portugal and surrounds.
We’re spending most of our time in Braga, which is in the northeast. Although it is a lovely city with a rich history for Portugal, Catholicism, and the ebb and flow of political tides in Europe, we actually have business in Braga. Thanks to a grant from the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State, and the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, I am teaching at the University du Minho and collaborating with faculty members on potential scholarly activities.
Thanks to the efforts of Luis de Miranda Correira and Ana Paula Martins, faculty members at Minho, I have had the chance to met a class of masters students on Friday the 21st; from 1400-2200, I described US approaches to identification of students with Learning Disabilities (with a substantial side-trip through basic assessment methods). The members of the group, most of whom are practicing teachers, were attentive and responsive. They are eager to know about both the practical side of identification as well as the controversies surrounding such topics as response to intervention.
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