Intercultural education Possibility to Use INTER Guide in the Netherlands

–INTER Guide –Dutch schools –Is INTER Guide useful in NL?

INTER Guide Focus on the module homogeneity and diversity Why diversity? –Different views give a better learning experience –Differences exist anyway –Strategies to cope with differences

Dutch Schools Very differentiatedStrong Segregation tendency

Differentiation in Dutch education test at the age of 12 VMBO, HAVO, VWO Denominational schools

Dutch minorities Turks gastarbeiders (labour migrants) Moroccans Very low educated Surinamese Antilleans from former colonies Arubans

Segregation In neighbourhoodsIn schools Zwarte scholen Black schools under 18, 65% is black (one parent not dutch) Witte vlucht, white flight in the lower levels Islamic elementary schools Turkish, Moroccan schools

INTER Guide in the Netherlands? –There is a need in NL Not working intercultural educational policy Growing tension between cultures Growing segregation –But differentiation School system makes implementation complicated