Curriculum Reform in the European Schools

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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. 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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Becoming Europeans: A History of the European Schools (Sandra Leaton Gray, David Scott, Peeter Mehisto)....Pages 1-22 Acquainted with All that Is Great and Good: Designing a Twenty-First Century Curriculum (Sandra Leaton Gray, David Scott, Peeter Mehisto)....Pages 23-48 Educated Side by Side: The Role of Language in the European Schools (Sandra Leaton Gray, David Scott, Peeter Mehisto)....Pages 49-73 A United and Thriving Europe? A Sociology of the European Schools (Sandra Leaton Gray, David Scott, Peeter Mehisto)....Pages 75-97 Schooled and Ready: Assessment Reform (Sandra Leaton Gray, David Scott, Peeter Mehisto)....Pages 99-119 Consolidating the Work of Their Fathers: Moving on from European Schools to Higher Education (Sandra Leaton Gray, David Scott, Peeter Mehisto)....Pages 121-137 Belonging Together: A Model for Education in a New European Age (Sandra Leaton Gray, David Scott, Peeter Mehisto)....Pages 139-159 Back Matter ....Pages 161-183