Schooling in Modern European Society - (Comparative & International Education) by Torsten Husen & Albert C Tuijnman & W D Halls (Hardcover)

About the Book

Everyone accepts that education should be for all, but how is education best provided? This book, deals with problem areas in European education; for example school quality, examinations, the teaching of foreign languages, and science education. It also spells out the role of basic education in forming a European identity and consciousness.

Book Synopsis

Europe is undergoing rapid and profound social and political change, and time-honoured methods and practices are being challenged as a result. Nowhere is this challenge more pressing and relevant than in education, which is charged with the task of preparing future generations for the "New Europe". Everyone accepts that education should be for all, that it needs to be extended, and that "education for life" is a phrase with real significance, but how is education best provided? In February 1990 the Academia Europaea council decided to sponsor a study group on education in modern European society funded by the Swedish Riksbankens Jubileumsfond. The report, in the form of this book, deals with many problem areas in European education; for example school quality, examinations, the teaching of foreign languages, and science education. It also analyses the role of the school as an institution in an increasingly complex technological and meritocratic society, and spells out the role of basic education in forming a European identity and consciousness.

Review Quotes

...comprehensiveness and a judicious perspective...a solid discussion of many of the important issues facing Western European education in a period of significant change.
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The experience of the authors provides an insight and richness of interpretation which is absolutely necessary for scholars of west European education.
Comparative Education Review