This series has its focus on the challenges and changes facing education at the beginning of the new millennium. 'Emerging goals' link each volume. The European Union has experienced enormous unification pains including expansion to 25 countries. For the Baltic States, having recently emerged from one 'federation', preparations are well advanced in terms of joining another 'union'. Nevertheless, many remain sceptical, ill-informed and lack even basic information. For this the process of education is all important and the development of a 'European dimension in education' is a necessary...

For anyone wishing to understand the process of transforming education in Spain, this title presents an encyclopedic description of events. Against historic background, it discusses the impact of changes, a process which has transformed education from a very centralised to a decentralised and democratic system.