1.The Plurilingual Project in Catalonia: An educational framework for living together in diversity Neus Lorenzo iGals,February 2009 [email_address] Generalitat de Catalunya Departament dEducaci

2. How?Why?(Just to thinkabout it) Dont say it aloud!!!.Just look at it for ten seconds. 1. Choose one of these cards. 3. How?Why?(Just to thinkabout it) Now, I am going to mix...and Ill eliminate your card! Think of your cardremember it 4. How?Why?(Just to thinkabout it) 5. How?Why?(Just to thinkabout it) 3. AM I RIGHT??? Howhave I done it? ... Whydoes it work? ... Thinking of one or of all? 6. Keep both in mind! CONCLUSSION: ACTING GLOCAL Thinkglobal , actlocal The Catalan Plurilingual Project at Inclusive school 7. Content

1. Social and educational context: past and present in Catalonia

2. Common aims and shared challenges in Europe:

• • Identity building

• • Community building

• • Knowledge building

3. Strategies and techniques for sustainability

8. Social context: Who are we? 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... 9. Educational context :Postwar languagepolicy at school PAST: Immigration 1960s 1970s SPANISH School subject LatinGreek French CATALAN School subject ENGLISH FRENCH, GERM. ITAL. CATALAN SPANISH Calo (Roman) Bilingual society Monolingual school 1979 Estatut dAutonomia 1983 & 1998 Lleis de Normalitzaci LingsticaLlei de Poltica Lingstica Bilingual school Bilingual society Debate Democracy 10. Two societies ? One society? Looking for an educational system 1970s & 1980s: Debate on family language 11. Nowadays languagepolicy at school PRESENT: Immigration 2000s - 2010s Bilingual school Extra curricularLANGUAGES Bilingual society SPANISH CATALAN School subject ENGLISH FRENCH. GERM. ITAL. CATALAN SPANISH Calo (Roman) Plurilingual society Debate 12. know how & resources? sensitivity & complicities Looking for balanceand sustainability 13. 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% From: Servei dImmerso i s de la llengua, 200 14. Data of students newly arriving in Catalonia, ordered by originating country From: Servei dImmerso i s de la llengua, 2008 15. School cannot do it alone! 16. Content

1. Social and educational context: past and present in Catalonia

2. Common aims and shared challenges in Europe:

• • Identity building,

• • Community building,

• • Knowledge building

3. Strategies and techniques for sustainability

17. The Plurilingual Project : common aims and shared challenges in Europe

Identity building

-Accepting diversity

and cultural differece

as collective richness

and shared opportunity

Community building

-Facing immigrationand growth with social cohesion andactive 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 forMultilingualPortfolio,EU international complicities 18. IDENTITY BUILDINGFamily School Friends Work Society Media Environment Family L. Environmental L. School L. Professional L. International L. 19. Formal, non-formal andinformal spaces 20. Use of language in family relationships and in the community 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Family 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Friends 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Neighbours 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Work mates 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 School mates Only Catalan More Catalan than Spanish Both More Sp than Catalan Only Spanish Other From: Servei dImmerso i s de la llengua, 2005 21. Becoming active citizens in aCommon core (sharing) State Legislation Belongingto Private spaces (keeping) Culturalsingularities Dynamic Educational Model Managing diversity for social cohesion 22. In our modern, mobile, liquid society,there are many inland frontiers of exclusion and the weakest victims are children and women COMMUNITY BUILDING 23. Social commitment : participation Municipal Educational Project Experimental FLTCLIL Project Lingistic Project SchoolStrategic Plan Catalan Immersion Plan Schools, headmasters and teachers Municipal Authorities Unions Students, FamiliesInspection of education Unversities Research Goups Parents Associations 24. Educational continuum for educational coherence Personal spare time Leasure time Extra-school time School time Class time Generalitat de Catalunya Departament dEducaci 25. Shared values, common aims Catalan is the common language of social cohesion,the backbone of a plurilingual project where languages are doors and windows on the worldthat heighten expectations of success in school, personal growth and lifelong learning. 26. KNOWLEDGE BUILDING 27. Speak Catalan Speak Catalanand Spanish Speak Spanish Speak no Catalan, no Spanish, but other languages They know both languages and communicate in at least a foreign language(2) Starting school Finishing compulsoryeducation School provides - learning opportunities - competencies- linguistic information- personal development - intercultural dialogue for becoming - active citizens - involved professionals - models of diversity ImmersionHalf-immersion CLIL 28. From Vision to Action Qualitative RESULTS Quantitative RESULTS INICIAL assessment PROCESS assesment IMPACT assessment DESCRIPTORS & INDICATORS 29. 30. Lisbon Conference2001: planning for the European Union in 2010 Excellencyin Education Equality COMPETENCIES SOCIAL COHESIONSUCCESS INCLUSION 31. (PISA results related to immigrant students) Changes 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

Stable results Positive results Negative results 32. Content

1. Social and educational context: past and present in Catalonia

2. Common aims and shared challenges in Europe:

• • Identity building,

• • Community building,

• • Knowledge building

3. Strategies and techniques for sustainability

33. Conflict management Attitudes and values SUSTAINABILITY organisation INCLUSIVE SCHOOL 34. TrainingLICTeams for inclussion Including several cultures & languages: formal education resources ine Furlong,Waterford Institute of Technology (Ireland) In-between Spaces:relationship betw.een creativity and plurilingualism Integrating Catalan language: non-formal education fields Fighting exclusion: informal education world 35. LIC Teams: Plans and programs R eformulating objectives and methodologies REFLECTING DOING PLANNING ASSESSING REFLECTING DOING ASSESSING PLANNING 36. http :// www . xtec . cat / lic / Providing resources 37. and letss start working! Support for students: lifelong learning skills development personal social academical professional 38. EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS for everybody SOCIALCOHESION 39. The Plurilingual Project in Catalonia: An educational framework for living together in diversity Neus Lorenzo iGals,February 2009 [email_address] Generalitat de Catalunya Departament dEducaci