CONTENT BASED TEACHING IN BELGIUM SOFIE JONCKHEERE sofie

CONTENT BASED TEACHING IN BELGIUM SOFIE JONCKHEERE sofie. jonckheere@foyer. be Foyer Multilingual Education Team Werkhuizenstraat 25 1080 Brussels Belgium www. foyer. be

BELGIUM: 3 REGIONS, 3 COMMUNITIES The Netherlands Germany France Flanders (Flemish community) Luxembourg Wallonia (French community) Brussels (Flemish & French) German communtiy 2

FOYER CONTEXT v FOUNDED IN 1969 v CULTURAL DIVERSITY: MIGRATION & INTEGRATION v BRUSSELS REGION – FLEMISH COMMUNITY v POPULATION: • 1/3 = ‘FOREIGN’ • FLEMISH EDUCATION: ONLY 1/10 IS FROM A DUTCH SPEAKING FAMILY • POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT, ILLEGALITY v MOLENBEEK

FOYER PROJECTS v v v v YOUTH CENTRE WOMEN CENTRE TRAINING CENTRE DISTRICT WORKSHOP EDUCATION SERVICE SOCIAL SERVICE LEGAL SERVICE INTERCULTURAL MEDIATION SERVICE NEWCOMERS CHILD CARE ROMA, GYPSIES, DWELLERS SPORT CLUB SOCIAL COHESION EMPLOYMENT

EDUCATION SERVICE v FOUNDED IN 1981 v ORIGINAL AIM: ORGANISING MULTICULTURAL AND MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION v EXPANSION: RAISING AND EDUCATING IN A MULTILINGUAL CONTEXT v THEMES: • BICULTURAL MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION • MULTILINGUAL DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION • LANGUAGE AWARENESS • LANGUAGEPORTFOLIO • CITIZENSHIP • INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION • NEWCOMERS • COMMUNICATION WITH IMMIGRANT PARENTS

EDUCATION SERVICE: OVERVIEW TOPIC ACTIVITY BILINGUAL EDUCATION BILINGUAL DEVELOPMENT & UPBRINGING LANGUAGE AWARENESS METHODS & MATERIALS TARGET SCHOOLS / TEACHERS TODDLER SCHOOL PRIMARY TRAINING & SUPPORT LANGUAGE PORTFOLIO INSPECTORS, ADVISORS SECONDARY CHILDREN SPECIAL ACTIVITIES INTERCULTURAL & CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION COMMUNICATION WITH PARENTS OF FOREIGN ORIGIN CYCLE PARENTS HIGHER

PROJECT: EDUCATION IN NATIVE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE v = EDUCATIONAL MODEL PROVIDING STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION OF THE NATIVE LANGUAGE IN THE CURRICULUM v ORGANIZED BY FOYER AS A PROJECT SUBSIDIZED BY THE FLEMISH MINISTRY OF EDUCATION v IN 6 DUTCH SPEAKING PRIMARY SCHOOLS (KINDERGARTEN TO YEAR 6) v AT THE MOMENT WITH 2 TURKISH, 2 SPANISH AND 2 ITALIAN PROJECTS

AIMS v SUSTAINING A WELL-BALANCED PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT v ATTAINING ACTIVE AND FUNCTIONAL PLURILINGUALISM v IMPROVING INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCES AND INTEGRATION v REALISING A BETTER FLOW OF PUPILS OF FOREIGN ORIGIN TOWARDS SECUNDARY EDUCATION

MODEL

DISTRIBUTION OVER THE TYPES OF EDUCATION

SCHOOL CAREER OF THE BICULTURAL STUDENTS 95 -96 96 -97 97 -98 98 -99 99 -00 00 -01 01 -02 02 -03 03 -04 04 -05 05 -06 % % % 2 de tot 7 de jaar ASO 44, 0 50, 0 48, 5 50, 4 37, 9 39, 5 40, 0 39, 0 41, 2 50, 96 47, 97 TSO 20, 0 14, 0 16, 0 15, 4 25, 5 18, 6 20, 0 16, 3 17, 5 18, 27 18, 45 BSO 36, 0 35, 5 34, 2 36, 55 40, 3 38, 2 40, 7 38, 6 28, 25 32, 04 KSO - - - 0, 6 1, 8 2, 4 1, 8 0, 96 0, 97 1, 6 0, 96 0, 97 Deel Distribution of the bicultural students over the different types of education form year 2 to year 7