Conference paper
THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND (MULTICULTURAL) IDENTITY – AS EXAMPLED IN BELGIUM
Mario Vasilj
; University of Mostar
Abstract
This paper discusses educational systems and multicultural and multi-ethnic
identities, with particular reference to the educational system of Belgium. (Multicultural)
identities and interests of society are shaped through interrelationships in a certain (historical)
context. This relationship is clearly reflected in the educational system that seeks to
maintain the cultural identity of a given country by its organizational and content dimension.
Realizing this important task is relatively simpler in countries that are ethnically monocultural,
while the problem is more complex in ethnically multicultural countries such as
the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. European education and education systems, such
as Belgium, offer good conceptual and content frameworks that could be of use to those
countries that have a multi-ethnic population or multi-ethnic and multicultural identities.
The school helps students to become familiar with and to implement in everyday life the
values of Belgium, especially the value of being born free and equal in their rights and duties,
regardless of their social and geographical origin, gender or religion.
Keywords
school system; identity; multiculturalism; multiethnicity.
Hrčak ID:
234906
URI
Publication date:
4.6.2018.
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