Education in the European Union: Pre-2003 Member States

Exploring the development of educational provision and contemporary issues this bookcovers the countries that made up the European Union from its foundation to the signing of the Treaty of Nice: Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Luxembourg Portugal Spain Sweden and The Netherlands. The chapters written by regional experts offer a review of contemporary national and regional educational structures and policies research innovation and trends as well as covering selected issues and problems including the effects of educational reform and systemic changes within the school and university systems minority languages and intercultural changes for indigenous and new immigrant populations.