Preface

The Eindhoven Workshop was one of a series of educational research meetings which have become an important element in the programme of the Council for Cultural Co-operation (CDCC) of the Council of Europe since 1975. European co-operation in educational research aims at providing Ministries of Education with research findings so as to enable them to prepare their policy decisions. Co-operation should also lead to a joint European evaluation of certain educational reforms and developments. The educational research meetings bring together research workers from the 25 countries taking part in the work of the CDCC. The purpose is to compare research findings on a particular topic of current interest; to identify areas of research so far neglected, and to discuss possibilities of research co-operation. The reports, as well as a selection of the papers of these meetings, are usually published as a book so that Ministries and research workers, as well as a wider public (teachers, parents, press) are kept informed of the present state of research in Europe.