CONTENT BASED TEACHING

IN BELGIUM

SOFIE JONCKHEERE

sofie.jonckheere@foyer.be

Foyer

Multilingual Education Team

Werkhuizenstraat 25

1080 Brussels

Belgium

www.foyer.be

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The Netherlands

Germany

Luxembourg

France

Flanders (Flemish community)

Wallonia (French community)

Brussels (Flemish & French)

German communtiy

BELGIUM: 3 REGIONS, 3 COMMUNITIES

FOYER CONTEXT

FOUNDED IN 1969

CULTURAL DIVERSITY: MIGRATION & INTEGRATION

BRUSSELS REGION – FLEMISH COMMUNITY

POPULATION:• 1/3 = ‘FOREIGN’• FLEMISH EDUCATION: ONLY 1/10 IS FROM A DUTCH

SPEAKING FAMILY• POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT, ILLEGALITY

MOLENBEEK

FOYER PROJECTS 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 FOUNDED IN 1981

ORIGINAL AIM: ORGANISING MULTICULTURAL AND MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION

EXPANSION: RAISING AND EDUCATING IN A MULTILINGUAL CONTEXT

THEMES:

• BICULTURAL MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION

• MULTILINGUAL DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION

• LANGUAGE AWARENESS

• LANGUAGEPORTFOLIO

• CITIZENSHIP

• INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION

• NEWCOMERS

• COMMUNICATION WITH IMMIGRANT PARENTS

EDUCATION SERVICE: OVERVIEW

TOPIC ACTIVITY TARGET CYCLE

BILINGUAL EDUCATION

BILINGUAL DEVELOPMENT &

UPBRINGING

LANGUAGE AWARENESS

LANGUAGE PORTFOLIO

INTERCULTURAL & CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION

COMMUNICATION WITH PARENTS OF FOREIGN ORIGIN

METHODS & MATERIALS

TRAINING & SUPPORT

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES

SCHOOLS / TEACHERS

INSPECTORS, ADVISORS

CHILDREN

PARENTS

TODDLER SCHOOL

PRIMARY

SECONDARY

HIGHER

PROJECT: EDUCATION IN NATIVE LANGUAGE AND

CULTURE = EDUCATIONAL MODEL PROVIDING

STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION OF THE NATIVE LANGUAGE IN THE CURRICULUM

ORGANIZED BY FOYER AS A PROJECT SUBSIDIZED BY THE FLEMISH MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

IN 6 DUTCH SPEAKING PRIMARY SCHOOLS (KINDERGARTEN TO YEAR 6)

AT THE MOMENT WITH 2 TURKISH, 2 SPANISH AND 2 ITALIAN PROJECTS

AIMS

SUSTAINING A WELL-BALANCED PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

ATTAINING ACTIVE AND FUNCTIONAL PLURILINGUALISM

IMPROVING INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCES AND INTEGRATION

REALISING A BETTER FLOW OF PUPILS OF FOREIGN ORIGIN TOWARDS SECUNDARY EDUCATION

MODEL

DISTRIBUTION OVER THE TYPES OF EDUCATION

SCHOOL CAREER OFTHE BICULTURAL STUDENTS

95-96 96-97 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06

% % % % % % % % % % %

2de tot 7de 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 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

Deel 1,6 0,9 0,96 0,97

Distribution of the bicultural students over the different types of education form year 2 to year 7