Media Education Across Europe

Media Education Across Europeidentifies the rapid changes and developments now taking place within and across the European nation-states. Essays from eight nations--the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Swedent and the Netherlands--explore the development of courses and approaches to the subject in each country. The contributors also consider the prospects for European collaboration in media education; the possibilities opening up for graduate empolyment, and future conflicts and cooperation between media teachers and their employers. The book also considers particular issues such as education and vocationalism, European curricula, and the development of the media studies field in Europe.