1st Edition

School Evaluation with a Purpose Challenges and Alternatives

Edited By Eli Ottesen, Fiona Stephens Copyright 2019
128 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

128 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

128 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

School evaluation is often linked to issues of accountability, performance assessment, regulation and inspection, where the work of teachers and/or the functioning of the school becomes the subject of critique. School Evaluation with a Purpose explores the latest thinking surrounding external and self-evaluation in schools. Examining teacher professionalism, reflective practice and what... Read more

Chapter 1 – Introduction; Chapter 2 – School Evaluation – trends and directions; Chapter 3 – Values based evaluation: the experiences of two schools in England; Chapter 4 – Exploring a journey in school evaluation: a Spanish secondary school; Chapter 5 – A tangled tale? Teachers making sense of school evaluation in The Republic of Ireland; Chapter 6 Working against the grain: a values based school in Norway; Chapter 7 – Lost in translation: challenges in educational evaluation in Poland; Chapter 8 – What can case studies tell us about evaluation and assessment?; Chapter 9 – Reflective practice, its role in evaluation and challenges for teacher professionalism.; Chapter 10 – Evaluation with a purpose

Biography

Eli Ottesen is Professor in Educational Sciences in the Department of Teacher Education and School Research, University of Oslo, Norway.

Fiona Stephens is Senior Lecturer in Education at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.