1. CONTENT BASED TEACHING
IN BELGIUM
SOFIE JONCKHEERE
Foyer
Multilingual Education Team
Werkhuizenstraat 25
1080 Brussels
Belgium

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. MODEL

10. DISTRIBUTION OVER THE TYPES OF EDUCATION

11. 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 %
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
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
0,96
0,97
Deel
1,6
0,9
Distribution of the bicultural students over the different types of education form year 2 to year 7