December 2004
Editorial: Merry Christmas Europe and Ukraine!
The active citizens that include the EAEA adult educators have been nervously and excitedly watching the news on Ukraine over the past few weeks. I have been one of these people.
Why DARE-publication available
The Europe-wide network DARE is proud to announce its first publication „Why DARE? Networking for Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe".
New indicators
New indicators on education and training - 2004 Commission Staff Working Paper published
Top-performer Finland Improves Further in PISA Survey as Gap Between Countries Widens
06/12/2004 - Finland once again came out top in the OECD's latest PISA study of learning skills among 15-year-olds, with high performances in mathematics and science matching those of top-ranking Asian school systems in Hong Kong-China, Japan and Korea. But some low-performing countries showed only small improvements or actually did less well, widening the gap between the best and poorest performers.
Figel on education
In the original hearing at the European Parliament or Mr Jan Figel, the new Commisisoner for culture, education, training and multilingualism, some parts refereed to the Lisbon 2010 strategic goals, and the future role of education in EU.
A second Chance Adult education opens eyes, opens doors
Being an adult education teacher has many rewarding aspects, reveals California Educator in this report