Study Visit

Neus lorenzo <[email protected]>

Catalan Educational System and Linguistic Situation

Subdirecció General de Llengua i Entorn

Ministry of Education of Catalonia Neus Lorenzo <[email protected]>


05/07/00 Jordi Vaquer / Àrea d’Europa

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



Catalan language in the European context



Catalan language

• 10 milion speakers

• Identity vs. Globalization

• Bilingualism, Plurilingualism

• Intercultural dialogue



Language and Social Cohesion Plan

Leisure education

Environmental education

Health education

Road education

Intercultural educationInformation competence

Scientific education

Audiovisual education

Artistic education

Professional competence

Emotional educationMthematical competence

Technological competence

Citizenship education

Linguistic competence



Types of schools:State’s schools (Public)● Grant-aided private schools (Subvention)● Independent private schools (Private)



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



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Number of pupils: 1.076.576

(2006)



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PublicPrivateTotal

Number of Teachers: 90.373

(2006)


05/07/00 Jordi Vaquer / Àrea d’Europa 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

University

Professional training+18... years old

University

IES

CEIP

Llar



TRADITIONAL IDENTITY:...rooted to the land, linked to our food style, proud of our traditions, connected to our landmarks, identified by our language......

emigration

immigration

globalization

Social context: Who are we?

MODERN IDENTITY:...open-minded, internationally oriented, cosmopolitan, intercultural, creative and innovative...

The question of identity changes focus:

from belonging to becoming…



Educational context: Postwar language policy at chool

CATALANSPANISH Calo (Roman)

PAST: Immigration 1960’s 1970’s

SPANISH

School subjectLatin Greek French

Bilingual society

Monolingualschool

1979Estatut

d’Autonomia

1983 & 1998Lleis de Normalització

Lingüística Llei de Política Lingüística

CATALAN

School subjectENGLISH

FRENCH, GERM. ITAL.

Bilingualschool

Bilingual society

Democracy



Two societies ? One society?

Looking for an educational system 1970’s & 1980’s: Debate on family language



Immigrant students in Catalonia

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140000

160000

1991-1992

1995-1996

1999-2000

2000-2001

2001-2002

2002-2003

2003-2004

2004-2005

2005-2006

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

148.525

93.831106.746

121.622

133.000

23.778

34.797

51.926

74.491

19.79316.921

9.868

0.81%

13.65%

10.05%

7.65%

5.04%

9.03%

From: Servei d’Immersoó i Ús de la llengua, 200



Data of students newly arriving in Catalonia,

ordered by originating 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

0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000

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



Nowadays language policy at chool

SPANISH

CATALAN

School subjectENGLISH

FRENCH. GERM. ITAL.

PRESENT: Immigration 2000’s - 2010’s

Bilingualschool

Extra curricular LANGUAGES

CATALAN SPANISHCalo (Roman)

Bilingual societyPlurilingual society



know how & resources? sensitivity & complicities

Looking for balance and sustainability



IDENTITY BUILDING

Family

School

Friends

Work

SocietyMedia

Environment

Family L.

Environmental L.

School L.

Professional L.

International L.



The Plurilingual Project: common aims and shared challenges in Europe

•Identity building-Accepting diversity and cultural differece as collective richnessand shared opportunity

• Community building-Facing immigration and growth with social cohesionand active citizenship

•Knowledge building-Developing 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



Becoming active citizens in a

Common core

(sharing)

State Legislation

Belonging to

Private spaces

(keeping)

Cu

ltural

sing

ularities

Dynamic Educational ModelManaging diversity for social cohesion



Use of language in family relationships and in the community

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Friends

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School mates

Only Catalan

More Catalan than Spanish

Both

More Spanishthan Catalan

Only Spanish

Other



Formal, non-formal and informal spaces



Languages in the Catalan System of Education

Community language

Catalan / Occitan

Curricular languages

Catalan / Occitan

Spanish

English

French

German

Italian

Complementary languages

Galician

Arabian

Chinese

Amazig

Ukrainian

Neerlandic

Rumanian



Contextual Community Plan

Educational activities at school

Welcoming class

Resource: Adaptat ed from Servei de Cohesió Social, SGLiC, departament d’educació

Intervention fields



Social commitment

Municipal Educational Project

Experimental FLT CLIL Project

Lingüistic Project

School Strategic Plan

Catalan Immersion Plan

Schools,headmasters and teachers

MunicipalAuthorities

Unions

Students, Families

Inspection of education

UnversitiesResearch Goups

Parents Associations

: participation



PISA Results 2005

Context Socioeconòmic dels centres: segons ingresos familiars

Resultats de Matemàtiques (PISA)

Més afavoritMenys favorit

Germany

OECD

average

Finland

Sweden

Australia

Spain

Proposta: Millora de resultats educatius



(PISA results related to immigrant students)

Stable resultsPositive results

Negative resultsChanges between first and second generation

•http://www.pisa.oecd.org/findDocument/0,2350,en_32252351_32235731_1_119669_1_1_1,00.html•http://www.pisa.oecd.org/pages/0,2966,en_32252351_32235907_1_1_1_1_1,00.html



Results & social discrimination

Middle zone

- dif. income

- dif. resultats

- dif. income

+ dif. resultats

+ dif. income- dif. resultats

+ dif. income

+ dif. Resultats



Language and social cohesion plan

“Making school an open learning environmentto prevent and combat early school leavers and disaffection among young people and promote their social inclusion”,

European Union Council Resolution of 25 November 2003

• Networking: Promote and support synergies and common actions among schools and other local interlocutors (Civic centre, town council, ONG, workshops for parents…)

• Authonomy: Promote and support school projects and initiatives that favour social commitment for compromise culture among young people.

• Teachers Training: Support the educative staff training in order to complement formal and non-formal learning.

• Community: Foster family participation in school life.



Thank you for your attention…

And enjoy your visit!

Neus Lorenzo <[email protected]>


Catalan Educational System and Linguistic Situation

Subdirecció General de Llengua i Entorn

Ministry of Education of Catalonia

Study Visit

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