Learning to Change
The Experience of Transforming Education in South East
Europe
Terrice Bassler oversees education programs throughout
South-East Europe for the Open Society Institute and
Soros Foundations Network. She is also a visiting fellow
at the Institute of Education in London
A collection of first-person narratives by specialists
in the field of education in South East Europe. The
contributors are recognized leaders in civil society,
government, academia and schools. Their works chronicle
the profound effect armed conflict, political transition,
and the increasing openness the region has experienced
on education. It is a significant achievement as it
is the work of individuals who are involved in the field
and have a first hand perspective on issues of education
in the region.
The essays shed light on the reality of the educational
reforms: they are far from beeing linear progressive
processes, on the contrary, they are very often paradoxical
and even controversial.
Terrice Bassler has accumulated vast experience as overseer
of education programs throughout South-East Europe for
the Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network.
"The collection covers reform programs in nine
education systems – each summarized in helpful
annexes of statistical data and detailed chronologies...
All the stories in this book reveal that there are many
individuals working for change with energy, passion
and commitment. Where these reformers are lucky enough
to find an enlightened government which gives them space
to work, and where they are supported, perhaps by a
non-governmental organization or a generous benefactor,
they can make an important contribution to improving
the lives of young people." - TOL Transitions
Online
Contents
Map of South East Europe; Preface; About the Authors;
Acknowledgments; Introduction Simin Han,
Medina Korda, Bosnia and Herzegovina To Change or
Not to Change, Alexandru Crisan, Romania Debate
Was the Question Mark, School Was the Full Stop,
Tomislav Reškovac, Croatia Out of the Tunnel:
Romani School Desegregation, Petya Kabakchieva,
Bulgaria Hard Waking Up, Božena Jelušic,
Montenegro Everybody's School , Bardhyl Musai,
Albania From Cocek to Brahms and Back, Refika
Mustafic, Serbia Halim a Thousand Times: "Make
a School like a Home", Lindita Tahiri and Dukagjin
Pupovci, Kosova No Need to Hurry Up?, Petya Kabakchieva,
Bulgaria Rites of Passage: Reforming the Matura Exam,
Ivan Lorencic, Slovenia Shadows of the War: A Teacher
in Serbia, Vigor Majic, Serbia Closer to the
Ground, Terrice Bassler The South East Europe
Context: Country Context Data; Chronologies and Milestones
of Education: 1990-2004; For Further Reference
2005
240 pages
ISBN 978-963-7326-19-6 cloth $45.95 / €34.95 / £23.95
ISBN 978-963-7326-20-2 paper $24.95 / €21.95 / £18.99
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