Social and emotional acceptance in lessons life formation and life orientation
The importance of schools is also to bring children and young people together in small groups to learn from each other and from the teacher. Together they try to form a safe and fine place to handle diversity. This diversity concerns different views on life, but also social backgrounds, family situation, living place, leisure activities, character …
From a dual to a plural society in Belgium and Europe
Belgium has a Flemish (Dutch) and a Wallon (French) part. In big towns there are a lot of immigrants from different countries. In Flandres 1 on 6 youngsters doesn’t speak Dutch at home. Education is, evidently, in Dutch at school. From the age of 10 they begin with a second language, French, and from the age of 13 with a third language, English.
The Forgotten Dimensions of Religious Education
“Religion and Education. The Forgotten Dimensions of Religious Education?” Edited by Gert Biesta and Patricia Hannam, 156p, Leiden/Boston 2021. “As diversity increases across the world, there is renewed interest in the place of religion in the public sphere. Is religion a private matter or of concern to everyone …