Bicultural and Trilingual Education: The Foyer Model in Brussels - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1853590436 ISBN 13 : 9781853590436

Editeur : Multilingual Matters, 1990

Synopsis

This is a collection of articles which describe and assess the Foyer Model, a project for schooling minority children in Brussels, which aims for bicultural and trilingual education. It demonstrates the need for an appropriate education model in a culturally and linguistically complex society. The Foyer Model was created to help Spanish, Moroccan, Italian and Turkish children in Brussels. It recognizes the need for proficiency in their home language and also in the two languages of Brussels - French and Dutch. It also aims to ease any conflicts between their culture of origin and their host culture. This book originated in evaluations conducted as the first pupils ended their primary school careers. It assesses the model's success so far and reports on those who work with it every day. This is not an exhaustive account, but rather an introduction to the programme's main characteristics and its importance to Europe as a whole.

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À propos de l'auteur

Michael Byram is Professor Emeritus at Durham University, England. Having studied languages at Cambridge University, he taught French and  German in school and adult education and then did teacher education at Durham. He was adviser to the Language Policy Division of the Council of Europe and then on the expert group which produced the Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture. His research has included the education of minorities, foreign language teaching and intercultural competence, and more recently on how the PhD is experienced and assessed in a range of different countries.

 

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Multilingual Matters
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1853590436
• ISBN 13: 9781853590436
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 168
• Éditeur: Byram Michael, Leman Johan
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible