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The volume provides a comprehensive reference resource for education in the countries that joined the European Union between the signing of the Treaty of Nice to the present time: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. Many of these countries have previously been under the influence of the Soviet Union and are moving through transitional phases towards more western models. The chapters in this volume, written by regional experts, examine the educational heritage of these countries and how these education systems evolved in response to changing national needs, European agreements including the Treaty of Nice and The Bologna Process, and international evaluations such as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). The chapters on Cyprus and Malta show the very special circumstances of these two Mediterranean islands and the international influences that have underpinned their developments in education.>
List of contents
Series Editor's Preface
Colin Brock, Durham University, UK
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Educational Change and Transformation in South and Central European Countries: A Regional Overview
Trevor Corner, University of Bedfordshire, UK
1. Bulgaria: An Overview
Kiril Bankov, University of Sofia, Bulgaria
2. Croatia: An Overview of Educational Reforms, 1950-2014
Vlatka Domovic, University of Zagreb, Croatia, and Vlasta Vizek Vidovic, Institute for Social Research, Croatia
3. Cyprus: Exploring Educational Reform 2004-2014
Eleftherios Klerides and Stavroula Philippou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
4. The Czech Republic: 25 Years of Educational Transformation and Growing Inequalities, 1989-2014
David Greger, Charles University, Czech Republic
5. Estonia: An Overview, 1970-2014
Doyle Stevick, University of South Carolina, USA
6. Hungary: Vocational Education and New Developments, 1990-2014
Andrea Laczik, University of Warwick, UK
7. Latvia: Education and Post-Socialist Transformations
Iveta Silova, Lehigh College of Education, Pennsylvania, USA
8. Lithuania: Education Policy and Reforms, 1988-2014
Rimantas Zelvys, Vilnius University, Lithuania
9. Malta: An Overview of European Influences on Educational Reforms
Carmel Borg and Peter Mayo, University of Malta, Malta
10. Poland: Education Transitions and the Emergence of European Influences, 1989-2014
Ryszard Kucha, University of Social Sciences in Lodz, Poland, and Ewa Frankiewicz, Opole University, Poland
11. Romania: Transitions to a European Framework, 2000-2014
Carmen Novac and Danut Dumitrascu, Lucien Blaga University, Romania
12. Slovakia: Issues in Pedagogy and Language Education, 1989-2014
Eva Tandlichová, Comenius University, Slovakia
13. Slovenia: An Overview
Mojca Pecek, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Index
About the author
Trevor Corner is Professor Emeritus at the University of Middlesex, UK.
