On cover: Education. - On title page: A secondary education for Europe

The core of this book is seven case studies on primary and secondary educational reform over the past ten years. The reform process in England, Scotland, the Czech Republic, Greece, Portugal, the Russian Federation is described as well as the specific reform of introducing information and communications technology in Finnish schools. They reveal how some aspects of reform were facilitated, whilst others were impeded and thus provides examples of good practice. The concepts covered were: the context of the reform, the participation process, pace, evaluation, how to guarantee fairness and quality, lifelong learning.

This book examines the evolving relationship between the nation-state, citizenship and the education of citizens, exploring the impact European integration had on national policies towards educating its citizens and citizenship.