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Record Nr.

UNINA9910293144303321

Autore

Leaton Gray Sandra

Titolo

Curriculum Reform in the European Schools [[electronic resource] ] : Towards a 21st Century Vision / / by Sandra Leaton Gray, David Scott, Peeter Mehisto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-71464-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 183 p.)

Disciplina

375

Soggetti

Curriculums (Courses of study)

Education—Curricula

Assessment

Child development

International education 

Comparative education

European Union

Curriculum Studies

Assessment, Testing and Evaluation

Early Childhood Education

International and Comparative Education

European Union Politics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Becoming Europeans: A history of the European Schools -- Chapter 2 Acquainted with all that is great and good: Designing a 21st century curriculum -- Chapter 3. Educated side by side: The role of language in the European Schools -- Chapter 4. A united and thriving Europe: A sociology of the European Schools -- Chapter 5. Schooled and ready: The debate around assessment reform -- Chapter 6. Consolidating the work of their fathers: Moving on from European Schools to Higher Education -- Chapter 7. Belonging together: A model for education in a new European age.



Sommario/riassunto

This open access book examines the modern role of the European School system within the European Union, at a time when the global economy demands a new vision for contemporary education. The European schools are currently in a state of crisis: their 60-year-old tradition of bilingual and multilingual education is being strained by rapid EU expansion and the removal of English speaking teachers as a result of Brexit. Their tried and tested model of mathematics and science education has rapidly been overtaken by new developments in pedagogy and assessment research, while recruitment and retention of students and teachers has become increasingly fraught as European member states review what they are, and what they are not, prepared to fund. The authors draw on original and empirical research to assess the European Schools’ place in a new Europe where the entire post-war European Project is potentially at risk. This well-researched volume will be of interest to practitioners working in European schools as well as students and scholars of EU politics and international education.