presentation of the catalan educational system at the study visit group no: 183 (cedefop) ,...
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Presentation of the Catalan Educational System at the Study Visit Group No: 183 (CEDEFOP) , “Educational cooperation with professional institutions to promote language skills 2014″.TRANSCRIPT
The Catalan Educational System
Subdirecció General de Llengua i PlurilingüismeMinistry of Education of Catalonia
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Common challenges
GlobalisationConnectivity
Sustainability Population Evolution
Competitiveness Cohesion
Economy Citizenship Transformation
Identity Inclusion Development Equity Adaptation
The area of Catalonia: 32.000 km²
DENMARK43.000 km2
CATALONIA32.000 km2
BELGIUM31.000 km2
ESTONIA45.000 km2
ROGALAND9.147 km2
THE NETHERLANDS41.000 km2
Administrative Framework
• Population:7.134.206 inhabitants
• 15.96% of the Spanish population• 946 municipalities• 41 comarques or regions• 4 provinces: Girona, Lleida, Tarragona and
Barcelona
Catalan language
• 10 million speakers
• Identity vs. Globalization
• Bilingualism vs. Plurilingualism
• Intercultural dialogue
Catalan language in Europe
Use of language in family relationships and in the community
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30
35
40
Family0
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10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Friends
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5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Neighbours
0
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10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Work mates
0
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10
15
20
25
30
35
40
School mates
Only Catalan
More Catalan than Spanish
Both
More Spanishthan Catalan
Only Spanish
Other
Nursery0-3 years old
Educational Levels
Pre-school3-6 years old
Primary6-12 years old
Secondary12-16 years old
Lifelong Learning+18…. years old
Post Secondary16-18 years old
UniversityProfessional training
+18... years oldUniversity
IES
CEIP
Llar
Types of schools
• State schools (Public)
• Grant-aided private schools (Subvention)
• Independent private schools (Private)
School system
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EPR
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ESO
BA
TX
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Number of pupils: 1.076.576
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EINF-EPRI ESO-BAT SP. NEEDS
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Number of Teachers: 90.373
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Background: Political and social context
Democracy and Autonomy: 1975 & 1979 • Political action: Linguistic Normalisation Law (1983); Language Policy Law (1998)
• School language policies with Catalan Immersion at school.
• Huge teacher training and modernisation
Post-war social conflict (1939-1975):
• Internal Spanish immigration
• Monolingual school: Spanish
• Foreign languages at school: Latin, •Greek, French
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Fully endorsed implementation of second language education methodologies
In Catalonia, since 1983, an action plan for bilingual education has been implemented to increase learning achievement of both official languages, Catalan and Spanish, as well as, at least, the learning of one foreign language.
Applied elsewhere
Quebec(Canadà)
In some areas of the UnitedStates
Finland
Wales
Italy
.......
Immigrant students in Catalonia
Data of students newly arriving in Catalonia (origin country)
931
981
1.102
1.216
1.377
1.519
1.847
1.931
1.933
2.491
2.502
2.720
3.371
3.788
5.159
5.806
5.962
6.329
14.073
29.561
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Bulgària
Veneçuela
Regne Unit
Itàlia
Ucraïna
Rússia
Brasil
Xile
Pakistan
Uruguai
Rep. Dominicana
Gàmbia
Perú
Xina
Argentina
Colòmbia
Bolívia
Romania
Equador
Marroc
From: Servei d’Immersoó i Ús de la llengua, 2008
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Present situation: plurilingualism
• Political action 2011-2016: Main target: Plurilingualism
• Catalan, Spanish, English +… ) Plurilingual school language policies
• Compulsory third language:English or French in Primary & Optional German/Italian in Secondary)
• Family languages taught in the school, after hours (optional)
• Teacher training plans, focussed on Reading, CLIL, ePortfolio...
• International immigration: Multilingual society, Plurilingual kids
• Plurilingual school: curricular languages at school (Catalan, Spanish, English, French, German, Italian) + languages new citizens
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Several monolingual societies? One plurilingual society?
Looking for an educational system
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Catalan educational policies focus on…
Inclusion:Consolidating social cohesionwith inclusive education, and enriching citizenship in diversity.
ESPRONCEDA School
Competencies:Providing citizens in new generations with the necessary competencies for employability, sustainability and flexibility to face future unexpected challenges.
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Plurilingualism Framework
Linguistic Project
Learn and understandLanguages of instruction or curricular foreign languages
Spanish, English, French, German, Italian
Language of schoolingCatalan / Occitan
Chinese, Arabic, Urdu, Romanian, Tamazight, Ukrainian, Dutch ...
Personal itinerary languages
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Català Castellà Foreign language Foreign
language
• Schools with highly linguistic diversity
• Schools with most Catalan speaking students but with increasing presence of other languages
Fit the linguistic project to each particular situation:
Other family languages
Aranès
• Schools with predominance of Spanish speakers
Challenges
Speak Catalan
Speak Catalan andSpanish
Speak Spanish
Speak neither Catalan nor Spanish, But speak other languages
Know both official
languages (Catalan &
Spanish) and communicate, at least, in one
foreign language
Starting school:
On finishing compulsory schooling:
The School provides every student
the linguistic skills needed to become
competent and engaged citizens
applying second
language methodologies
Language and Plurilingualism
reading, speaking, writing, listening, inter-acting
in several languages
Dealing with diversity for empowering rights and duties
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The Plurilingual Project: common aims and shared challenges in Europe
• Identity buildingAccepting diversity and cultural difference as collective richnessand shared opportunity
• Community buildingFacing immigration and growth with social cohesionand active citizenship
• Knowledge buildingDeveloping skills for lifelong learning in a global context,and acquiring key competencies relevant to the labour market. Adapted from: Leonard Orban, Commissionate for Multilingual Portfolio, EU
Final goal: help them change the world