Presented for a Comenius Study Visit group interested in social Cohesion, at the Department of Education. Catalan policy and Teacher Training Programs, for Languages and Social Cohesion, 2011.
- 1.Education Policiesto develop skills for language learningand
social cohesion Maria Neus Lorenzo i Gals [email_address] @NewsNeus
History doesnt happen to us...We actively build it everyday!
2. Learning languages to live together 3. Summary:Catalan
educational policies focus on Inclusion: Consolidating social
cohesion with 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 futureunexpected challenges.
4. European priorities: Strategies 2020 New aims at the European
Union (2009)2009) Reactivating economy and competitively Fighting
for social cohesion, against poverty and unemployment Reinforce
European citizenship and social participation Looking for a
sustainable Europe improving ecology Providing citizens with
security and common spaces in Europe Source :
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/1837&format=HTML&aged=0&language=ES&guiLanguage=en
identity and belonging inclusion and cohesion Basic competencies
-News Skills for new jobs -Youth on the Move -Lifelong learning
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- Androulla VASSILIOU:Commissioner Education, Culture,
MultilingualismYouth
- Priorities: Jos Manuel Barroso, president of the UE .
5. European Targets 2020: social indicators
- 75 % of the population aged 20-64 should be employed.
- 3% of the EU's GDP should be invested in R&D.
- The "20/20/20" climate/energy targets should be met. ( i.e.
reduce 20% greenhouse gas emissions, increase 20% renewable energy
consumption, achieve a 20% increase in energy efficiency).
- The share of early school leavers should be under 10% and at
least 40% of the younger generation should have a degree or
diploma.
- 20 million less people should be at risk of poverty.
Ref:http:// europa . eu / rapid / pressReleasesAction .do?
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schoolsSource:http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/1837&format=HTML&aged=0&language=ES&guiLanguage=en
European Languages Portfolio Common EuropeanFramework of reference
for learning,teaching andassessing languages
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- Competencies and instructional skills:Reading
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- Providing tools for active citizenship:Catalan language
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- Promoting inclusion and social cohesion:intercultural
dialogue
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- Focusing on schools autonomy and sustainability:efficiency
7. The Catalan Education System UEEHGVET Vocational training MG
VET Vocational training Secondary Education Primary Education
Pre-school Education Education System Structure University Age
Non-Compulsory Education CompulsoryEducation MGVET- Medium Grade
Vocational Education and Training SGP- Social Guarantee Programme
HGVET- Higher Grade Vocational Education and Training UEE-
University Entrance Examination BacalaureateSGP- Social Adaptation
8. Developing Catalan educational policiesunder European guidelines
Catalan: Language of instruction,basic tool for learning at
schoolCurricular languages, strategies for international lifelong
learning(Sp,En, Fr,It,Gm) Family languages: personal options,
itineraries towards cultural & personal enrichment Linguistic
project towards plurilingualism 9. Languages in Catalan schools
Language of instruction Catalan (Occitan)
- Extra currilucar languages
- (lifelong learning, family language)
10. Multilingualism or Plurilingualism? An educational policy
for dealing with diversity Several monolingual societies?One plural
society? policy policy policy policy policy 11. Language and
communicative skills Language learninginterdependencies Transversal
language learning and cultural development Adapted from Cummings,
1986 and Vicent Pascual 2007 New learning consolidates previous
learningand improves personal learning autonomy Superficial
abilities L1 Superficial abilities L2 Communication evidence Shared
and transversal competencies Plurilingual skills Language Learning
12. Language: evolving concepts Subject at school Linguistics
Learning strategy and communication tool Psychology Sociocultural
context and participation space Sociology 13. Evolving
focusCollective Tasks Speaking Listening Reading Writing
Interacting Spelling Phonetics Vocabulary Grammar ... Social
dimension: Learning to share,to learn,to negotiate to participate,
to live together CLIL and Immersion Projects 14. Projects and
tasks:Learningin Web 2.0 contextsSource:
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/tv/ What: Why: How: Reception skills
Exploring assumptions andgathering new information Production
skills Applicationand usageTransformation skills Organising and
Consolidating knowledge Assessment Self-Assessment 15.
Co-responsibility between schooland municipal authorities
Attitudinal School Project Plan forthe educational Environment
Inclusive school Main educational strategies InitialImmersion
classroomCultural environment LinguisticProject 16. Learning,
communicating, and sharing in formal, informal and non formal
education 17. Catalonia in Europe 32.000Km2 ,7.364.078inhabitants
(2008) 15.96% of the Spanish population 946 municipal locations
Political autonomy in Spain 18. Social context: Complexity and
contradiction The question of identity changes
focus:frombelongingtobecoming 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 MODERN IDENTITY: ...
open-minded, internationally oriented, cosmopolitan, intercultural,
creative andinnovative, efficient and hard-working... 19. What do
we mean when we say we ? 20. Catalan challenges today Individual
commitmentto a group effort - that is what makesa team work, a
society work a civilization work Vince Lombardi
- 10M speakers in 4 countries
- (Spain, Andorra, Italy, France)
- Local identityin Globalization
- From Bilingualism to Plurilingualism
Learningto live together 21. Immigrant students in Catalonia
148.525 93.831 106.746 121.622 133.000 23.778 34.797 51.926 74.491
19.793 16.921 9.868 0.81% 13.65% 10.05% 7.65% 5.04% 9.03% Source:
Servei dImmersi i s de la llengua, 2009 22. The new Catalan
generation: merging students from immigrant families From: Servei
dImmerso i s de la llengua, 2008-09 Origen country of newcomer
students 23. Community building: intercultural dialogueInner
frontiers are the onesthat really may separate us -
self-recognitions - participation- leadership- vision of the future
- dealing with diversity Identity reading,
speaking,writing,listening, interactingcommunicating in many
languages sharing, negotiating, networking, bridging the gap
Dealing with diversity forempowering rights and duties 24. Language
dynamics:~There are 5500 languages in the world Source: Halte la
mort des languesClaude Hagge When a language disappears,a whole
culture vanishes, with its unique, collective, unrepeateble view of
reality. Only 10% are active in the Internet space (40 languages
for 99,3 % of users) 80 % are no-state, minority languages 75% are
threatened or in danger About 8 % disappear every year In 100
yearsabout 2500 may disappear(50 %) 25. Saving diversity isa long
term investment Benefits: -planetary survival -health research
reservoir -flexible response for Life and Nature -wider resource
pool for facing crisis -adaptation Biodiversity Culturaldiversity
Sharing in diversity 26. Learning several languages develops more
competent citizens Knowledge Attitudes Procedures Plurilingual
Knowledge Communication skills Intercultural Dialogue
- Competencies fora shared future
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- - flexibility, plural criteria
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- - innovation and entrepreneurship
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- - personal learning autonomy - language learning ability,
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- creativity, artistic sensitivity
27. School results in Catalonia: PISA indicators 2006-2009 But
the Spanish average is still far from the European goals reading
maths science 28. Sharing the present? ? An oral and written shared
language? Known and shared empowered values? 29. Sharing the
future?? Sense, vision and will of common future? 30. know how
& resources? sensitivity & complicities Looking for
balanceand sustainability 31. Enjoy your visit! Moltes grcies!
