Project

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CONTENT BASED TEACHING IN BELGIUM SOFIE
JONCKHEERE sofie.jonckheere_at_foyer.be Foyer Multil
ingual Education Team Werkhuizenstraat 25 1080
Brussels Belgium www.foyer.be
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BELGIUM 3 REGIONS, 3 COMMUNITIES
The Netherlands
Germany
France
Luxembourg
Flanders (Flemish community)
Wallonia (French community)
Brussels (Flemish French)
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German communtiy
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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

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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

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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

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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
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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

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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

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MODEL
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DISTRIBUTION OVER THE TYPES OF EDUCATION
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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 2de tot 7de jaar 2de tot 7de jaar 2de tot 7de jaar 2de tot 7de jaar 2de tot 7de jaar 2de tot 7de jaar 2de tot 7de jaar 2de tot 7de jaar 2de tot 7de jaar 2de tot 7de jaar 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