Studies produced for Conferences on Languages of Schooling
Intergovernmental Conference on ”The language dimension in all subjects: equity and quality in education”
Strasbourg, 14-15 October 2015
The Conference was intended for those responsible for curriculum development and teacher training for any school subject.
National representatives had been nominated by national education authorities.
Seminar on "The language dimension in all subjects"
Strasbourg, 27-28 May 2015
The aim of the seminar was to draw on the expertise of the participants to gain understanding of the potential challenges in implementing the recommendations of the draft Handbook on the same subject, and to gather suggestions for any measures that might support its implementation.
Intergovernmental Conference on ”Quality and inclusion in education: the unique role of language”
Strasbourg, 18-19 September 2013
Language is the central medium of teaching and learning and the main way that learners demonstrate their knowledge and understanding. Competence in language is the basis of successful learning.
This event was an opportunity for those responsible for education policies or for curriculum development (of any school subject) to discuss the role of languages in preventing failure at school, and to contribute to furthering quality and inclusion in education.
Participants: national representatives nominated by national education authorities.
Restricted Seminar on "Plurilingual and Intercultural Education in primary education" (“Language teaching in primary education and the integration into the curriculum of plurilingual and intercultural education”)
Strasbourg, 22-23 November 2012
Participants : a limited number of members of the “European network of curriculum institutes or ministerial departments in charge of curriculum development”
Objectives: As for the previous events in this series, this 3rd seminar (focusing on primary education) aimed at promoting the values and approaches presented in the Guide for the development and implementation of curricula for plurilingual and intercultural education in a practical and efficient way.
Restricted Seminar on "Languages of Schooling in all subjects"
Strasbourg, 27-28 September 2012
Participants: a restricted number of members of the “European network of curriculum institutes or ministerial departments in charge of curriculum development”
- (i) to identify the necessary language requirements for developing subject literacy as well as the relationship within and across subject literacies;
- (ii) to present and compare procedures for formulating frameworks to materialise the notion of subject literacies
Restricted Seminar on "Plurilingual and Intercultural Education in vocational education and training curricula"
Strasbourg, 10-11 May 2012
Intergovernmental Policy Forum: “The right of learners to quality and equity in education – the role of language and intercultural skills”
Geneva, 2-4 November 2010
This intergovernmental policy Forum was held at the generous invitation of the Swiss authorities, and was organised jointly by the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education (CDIP) and the Language Policy Division.
Participation in this Forum was limited to delegates officially nominated by their national authorities (Steering Committee for Education – CDED) and to International non-governmental organisations (INGOs) holding participatory status at the Council of Europe according to their profile.
Intergovernmental Conference: “Languages of schooling and the right to plurilingual and intercultural education”
Strasbourg, 8-10 June 2009
Follow-up intergovernmental Conference: “Languages of schooling within a European framework for languages of education: learning, teaching, assessment”
Prague, 8-10 November 2007
The 2007 conference enabled work on the development of a common framework of reference, in the form of an electronic platform, to progress. The purpose of the framework is to help elaborate policies and practices capable of meeting the specific challenges of the language of schooling.
Intergovernmental Conference: "Languages of Schooling: towards a Framework for Europe"
Strasbourg, 16-18 October 2006
The 2006 conference marked the begining of the languages of schooling project within the wider context of the "languages of education" concept. This was the first time the member states had been officially consulted in order to define future work.
International Conference: "Towards a Common European Framework of Reference for Languages of School Education?"
Kraków, 26-29 April 2006
Individual studies are contained in the Final Report of the Krakow Conference (pdf documents - available online at the website of Jagiellonian University - Poland) and are followed by 24 papers discussing the relationship between terms, concepts, notions, understandings and practices of the educational and academic fields in question.