FRANCESC PEDRÓ
Presentación
EDITH CRESSON
La educación y la formación permanentes: un reto para
cada ciudadano
FÉLIX ETXEBERRÍA
Política educativa de la Unión Europea: evolución
reciente y perspectivas de futuro
JEAN-FRANÇOIS BOTREL
Observar la innovación educativa en Europa
JOSÉ LUIS GARCÍA GARRIDO
La educación primaria en Europa
FRANCESC PEDRÓ
Modelos de enseñanza secundaria obligatoria en Europa.
GUY NEAVE
Sobre la reconstrucción de la educación superior en Europa:
Una mirada selectiva a un década, 1985-1995
ÁNGEL GONZÁLEZ HERNÁNDEZ y AMALIA AYALA DE LA
PEÑA
La formación profesional en España en el marco de la
implantación de la enseñanza secundaria obligatoria: el contraste
con el modelo belga
SEAMUS HEGARTY
La educación especial en Europa
AGUSTÍN VELLOSO DE SANTISTEBAN
Refugiados y educación en la Unión Europea
FÉLIX ETXEBERRÍA
EDUCATIONAL POLICY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: RECENT EVOLUTION AND FUTURE
PERSPECTIVES
The process towards an European Union seems not to have taken into
account the need for an European dimension in education until recently.
However, this dimension has been extremely reinforced by the means of different
European programmes which have been launched in the past few years. According
to this general idea, this article describes and analyses the main phases
in the generation of an European Commission's education policy, as follows:
1957-1970, with a main concern on economic matters; 1971-1986, first steps
to a common education policy; 1986-1992, the educational programmes; and
1992-1995, review and harmonisation of the educational programmes.
Key words: European programmes, European Union, education policy,
European dimension in Education.
JEAN-FRANÇOIS BOTREL
OBSERVING EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION IN EUROPE
As a result of an initiative of the INRP, an European Observatory for
educational innovation has been set up. Its main goals are related to research
and training in the field of educational innovations throughout Europe.
The Observatory wishes to operate as an open data base of innovation and
change in European education systems. Thus, it is mainly addressed to researchers
in the field, especially those interested in the comparative study of educational
policies. Up to the present, five different issues have concentrated the
Observatory's efforts: equality of educational opportunity, teaching and
learning foreign languages, new profiles for teaching, teacher training,
and headmasters' training.
Key words: Educational Innovation, European Union, European
Observatory, Educational Exchange, Comparative Education.
JOSÉ LUIS GARCÍA GARRIDO
PRIMARY LEVEL OF FORMAL EDUCATION IN EUROPE
This article, rather than a simple description of features and facts,
is aimed at a revision of the main problems which affect today to the primary
level of formal education in Europe. However, for a right understanding
of these problems, some reference is made to the historical evolution of
"primary education" as a concept and as a set of educational institutions,
and also to the different forms adopted by European education systems in
terms of institutional and administrative structures. As to the problems,
they have been selected having into account the priorites actually given
nowadays by the countries, and they refer namely to the quality of primary
education, relationships between public and private agencies, decentralization,
school integration of ethnic minorities and handicapped children, curricula,
etc. The quality of teaching staff is greatly stressed as the main problem.
Key words: Primary Education, Primary School, Elementary Education,
Elementary School, Quality of Education, Teaching Staff.
FRANCESC PEDRÓ
EUROPEAN MODELS OF COMPULSORY SECONDARY EDUCATION
Although there is a broad diversity in European secondary education,
it seems to be that a common trend is clear, namely that of comprehensivity
at the lower level and diversification at the upper level. This trend raises
the issue of the nature of the debates implied: are they strictly pedagogical
or political? Be that as it may, the article focuses on the exemplification
of this common trend throughout different European systems and shows a
number of reasons which support its widespread acceptance. At the same
time, it also discusses some cases where the comprehensive principle seems
to have been rejected.
Key words: Secondary Education, Comprehensive Principle, Comprehensive
Schools, Educational Policy, Curriculum Diversification.
GUY NEAVE
ON RECONSTRUCTING HIGHER EDUCATION IN EUROPE. SELECTIVE VIEWS ON
A DECADE 1985-1995
The evolution of higher education in Europe within the setting of the
decade 1985 to 1995 is examined. The article focuses on three dimensions
which have served to mould the pattern of higher education during these
ten years. These aspects are the quickening pace of international exchange
and its implications for the exporting of higher education models; the
drive towards delegating responsibility away from central administration
down to the regional level of government and, finally, the issue of the
accompanying shift in political values and political theory which is involved
in reassessing the role of the State in higher education.
Key words: European Higher Education, Regionalisation, University's
Autonomy, Managerialism, Market Forces.
ÁNGEL GONZÁLEZ HERNÁNDEZ
and AMALIA AYALA DE LA PEÑA
SPANISH VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE SECONDARY COMPULSORY
EDUCATION. A COMPARISON WITH THE BELGIAN MODEL
In this article the vocational education systems in Spain and Belgium
are compared as a means to offer some insights into the role that vocational
education plays in the context of a country's offer of secondary education.
It follows from the comparison that the current Spanish reform has not
taken into account the implications of the particular relations that often
are established between the general and vocational tracks of the education
system, benefiting thus from the experiences of other countries, namely
the case of the Belgian reformed system.
Key words: Spanish secondary education, Belgian secondary education,
Spanish vocational education, Belgian vocational education, comparative
studies.
SEAMUS HEGARTY
SPECIAL EDUCATION IN EUROPE
The current state of special education in Europe must take account
of two central developments: changes in the conceptual landscape of special
education, and the emergence of national educational reform movements,
and their dominance in framing educational debate. Besides to these developments,
this article also focuses on four particular topics relating to special
education in Europe, namely legislation and its impact on changes in special
education; integration of children with special education needs into mainstream
education; the emerging role of the special school; and research in special
education.
Key words: Special Education, Integration, Special Schools,
Handicapped Children, Special Education Needs, Educational Research.
AGUSTÍN VELLOSO DE SANTISTEBAN
REFUGEES AND EDUCATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
European Union Declarations and Conventions concerning education for
all European citizens are not new. Do they really improve education opportunities
for one of Europe's minorities, the refugees? Not necessarily, although
they give room for the social agencies, mainly non government organisations,
to take action in favor of refugees' education. Firstly, those declarations
are examined. Afterwards, the refugees' status and educational situation
in the European Union are considered. Finally, a relationship between the
documents and the reality is established in order to answer that question.
Key words: Refugees, Education, European Union, NGOs, Educational
Rights.
