Chapter 5 Forms of living

together
Pluralist society (p.170-175)
Programme
• Introduction
• Working on assignment
• developing something in a small group (25 minutes)
• Exchanging work (6 minutes)
• Discussing the results (4 minutes)

• Home work:
read Chapter 5 Forms of living together (p.170-175)
When is someone well
integrated in
Dutch society?
Integration (definition Blok committee, 2004)
Socio economic aspects:
• Equal legal position;
• Equal opportunities in the socio economic field (education, labour market,
housing)
Cultural aspects:
• Knowledge of Dutch language
• Knowledge about and respect for prevailing moral standards
Willingness to participate and acceptance from society
Assignment in small groups
• What: Develop a Citizenship Exam.
• How: In groups of three or four.
• Time: 25 minutes.
• Assistence: Teacher will walk around.
• Result: An exam consisting 10 relevant multiple choice
questions to determine whether some is well
enough integrated in Dutch society.
• Done: Read chapter 5 again (p.170-175).
Learning Goals
• You can explain the difficulty about the concept of ‘integration’
and can mention the definition of integration (Blok Committee);
• You can describe the three main models how to deal with cultural
diversity in a society (segregation, assimilation and integration)
and can describe chances and risks of those models;
• You can describe the integration proces and the Dutch integration
policy in the periods since 1945 (main causes for social inequality
and main measures the government has taken)
• You can describe cultural universalism, cultural relativism and
etnocentrism and recognize them in a source;
‘Citizenship exam’ (Inburgeringsexamen)
•

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5.1. Various models for dealing with cultural
diversity
Segregation Assimilation

Integration (melting pot / salad bowl)

What are chances

and risks of each
model?
5.2 Integration in the Netherlands
Problems with integration of migrants
starting in 1970’s

• Cultural factors
• Socio-economic factors
• Policial- administrative factors
Are all cultures equal in value or not?
• “Our culture is superior in every • “You can judge cultures in
aspect” relation to universal standards
(etnocentrism) like the UDHM”
(cultural universalism)
• “All cultures are equal in value,
you cannot judge a culture” • “Another culture is superior”
(cultural relativism)