Council of Europe News-Letter 1/72.

Overview & Synopsis

The first part of this issue contains extracts from an English article discussing the need for environmental education and from a study (written in French) of the failures of universities to fulfill their role. The second part contains extracts from the educational press of nine European countries. Extracts in English describe policy issues arising from Austrian legislation providing for student participation in educational administration; the reorganization of secondary schools and the initiation of teacher education by the universities in Finland; the retirement of educational planners, an experimental integrated secondary school and the introduction of multi-media studies in higher education in Germany; the reform of Dutch higher education; Swedish educational research; and the major features of the English report on teacher education. Articles in French refer to disputes over training high school teachers, the award of national diplomas by the universities, the unemployment of young graduates, trends in high school education and the education of immigrant children in France; training of preschool personnel in Luxembourg; and the revision of the Swiss constitutional provisions concerning education. A separate section contains a cumulative table of contents to the 1971 issues of the newsletter. (AL)