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AALTER

Inhabitants 18.670

Area: 81.9 km2

Population density: 228 inh/km2 (Belgium 337 /km2)

Non Belgians 221

Children at secundary age: 1521 8.1%

Children in secundary education in Aalter: 1003

Labour force (18-64) : 10.314 55%

Working part of labour force: 8548 80%

Woodland: 11,5 %

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154 1.7%

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Industrial zone creates 3800 jobs in Aalter

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Belgium

•Area 30.582 km2 282 km long and 185 km wide

•The population density is one of the highest in Europe :331.4 inhabitants per sq. km

•The climate is mild and wet with small differences in temperatures

•The mean temperature in January is about 2.2°C and in July 17.8°C

•Belgium is a constitutional monarchy

•Two groups in the population: the Flemish are of Germanic origin and the Walloons of Celtic origin

•The Flemish speak Dutch and Dutch related dialects, whereas the Walloons speak French and also Picard and Walloon dialects

•Resulting from tensions between the French speaking and the Dutch speaking regions, the reforms since 1970 have transformed Belgium into a federal, community and regional state

•About 75% of the population are Catholics ( church going 7%) Protestantism, Judaism and Islam are the three other religions officially recognized.

•The employment rates of the active population are 28% in industry, 69% in services and 2.6% in agriculture which amounts to only 1.8% of the GDP.

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The three Regions (the Brussels-Capital Region, the Flemish Region and the Walloon Region) responsibilities include, among other things, those issues tied to a particular geographical area such as the economy, public works and transportation, the environment and agriculture.

The three language communities (the French-speaking Community, the Flemish Community and the German-speaking Community) responsibilities include, among other things, education, cultural issues (including radio and television) and personal issues (such as individual health care).

Belgium is a federal State, composed of Communities and Regions

The Federal state keeps competences in several domains, such as foreign affairs, national defence, justice , finances, social security and an important part of public health and inner affairs

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• community education (GO) is education organised by the public body ‘Flemish Community Education’, under the authority of the Flemish Community. The constitution provides that community education must be neutral.• subsidised publicly run schools (OGO) are municipal education organised by the municipalities, and provincial education organised by the provincial administrations. • subsidised privately run schools (VGO) deliver education organised by a private person or private organisation. The governing body is often a non-profit-making organisation (VZW). Privately run education mainly consists of catholic schools.

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Upper Secundary School

ASOGeneral Education


TSOTechnical Education


BSOVocational Education


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EconomicsEconomics LatinLatin SciencesSciences

•Broad general education

•Provides a very firm foundation for passing on tertiary education

•Economics•Mathematics•Languages

•Economics•Mathematics•Languages

•Mathematics•Physics•Chemistry•biology

•Mathematics•Physics•Chemistry•biology

•Latin•Mathematics•Languages

•Latin•Mathematics•Languages

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Tursday Friday

8.30-9.20 Aesthetics Bio Chem Dutch English

9.20-10.10 Dutch German Physics Math Dutch

10.10-10.20 Break Break Break Break Break

10.20-11.10 Math French Math Chem Project

11.10-12.00- Religion Bio History Dutch Religion

12.00-12.50 Lunch Lunch

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12.50-13.40 Bio History Physical Ed English

13.40-14.30 French French Physical Ed Physics

14.30-14.40 Break Break Break Break

14.40-15.30 Math German Math Geography

15.30-16.20 Comp Spanish

Timetable: 5 Sciences - Mathematics

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ElectromechanicsElectromechanics ElectricityElectricity MechanicsMechanics

•General and technical theoretical subjects

•Afterwards students can exercise a profession or go on to tertiary education

TradeTrade

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Car MechanicsCar Mechanics MechanicsMechanics

•Practical type of education

•Young people learn a specific profession in addition to receiving general education

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CLB is free of charge and based on four important pillars

Learning and studying The school career Preventive health care Social and emotional development

The supervision provided by the CLB has a multi-disciplinary character and focuses particulary on pupils with learning difficulties due to their social background and situation

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•653 students 416 in general 181 in technical and 56 in vocational education

•398 (61%) boys and 254 (39%) girls

•90 teachers 34 (38%) male and 56 (62%) female

•General education: 30 classrooms 4 computerclasses 4 labs

•Computer and internet connection in each classroom

•Two sports halls

•Technical and vocational education: 14 classrooms 5 computerclasses 5 labs

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Andreas Schleicher and Pablo ZoidoIndicators and Analysis DivisionOECD Directorate for Education

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Sources of student attitudes?Relaying on less sources and optimism

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In most countries, most 15-year-olds are familiar with environmental issues and show high levels of engagement

Performance in environmental science varies widely both within and across countries

- Close to 20% of students can tackle the most difficult environment related science questions in PISA 2006, such as finding alternative explanations for the increase of CO2 emissions and the rising temperature of the earth. In four OECD countries, Canada, Finland, Japan and Korea, a quarter or more of students can answer this question correctly.

- On the other side, across OECD countries, 16% of students cannot cope with very basic environment-related science questions, such as the role of freezing water in erosion

Students who have mastered the science of the environment feel better informed about complex environmental issues

Limited competency is often associated with self-satisfaction Schools are the most common place where students find out

about such issues- Higher-performing students are also using the media and to a lesser extent

the internet to find out about these issues .

- These conclusions emphasize the importance of our project

Some conclusions

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