In Europe, global interdependence has defeated conventional approaches to studying Europe. "European Studies"--popular during the seventies--became academically colonized and impoverished. "Europe across the curriculum" is presently risking diffuseness. Treatment of Europe in European schools will have to be coherent,…

Few areas of education have expanded as rapidly as preschool education in Europe during the 1970s. Questions have arisen, however, about whether such education should be publicly or privately funded. Britain and the Netherlands provide examples of the importance of involving parents in preschool education. (PB)

Reviews a publication that surveys recent curriculum developments at the secondary level in Europe. Covers information on the inclusion of new areas of knowledge in school curricula, the creation of interdisciplinary courses, and the promotion of more autonomous work by pupils. (Author/WD)