This book argues that the current social flux, a particular feature of contemporary Europe, affects young people's developing views of the societies and communities in which they grow up, and consequently their own emerging sense of identity.
This argument has practical, as well as theoretical, consequences. Does the practice of the professionals who are now responsible for the education and care of young people reflect contemporary changes in society? Do they reproduce the social patterns of earlier generations, or can they socialize children into contemporary European cultures, and prepare them for changes in these societies? Writers from different disciplines, cultures and pedagogies address these key questions.
Contributors include: Márta Fülöp, Hungary, Christina von Gerber, Sweden; Merryn Hutchings, UK; Riitaa Korhonen, Finland; Beata Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz, Poland; Emilio Lastruccio, Italy; Anna-Raija Nummenmaa, Finland; John Schostak, UK; Pavel Vacek, Czech Republic.
Elisabet Näsman is at Linköpings Unversitet, Sweden.
Alistair Ross is at the Institute for Policy Studies in Education, University of North London.