Trusting Schools and Teachers
Developing Educational Professionalism Through Self-Evaluation
©2008
Textbook
XII,
227 Pages
Series:
Irish Studies, Volume 8
Summary
Trusting Schools and Teachers: Developing Educational Professionalism Through Self-Evaluation emerged from a series of studies undertaken with teachers at various stages of their careers exploring the impact of a range of evaluation systems on their personal and professional development. The book begins with a comparative analysis of the rise of school and teacher evaluation, charting the trend’s conceptual and political influences, and highlights how the concept of self-evaluation has come, for a variety of reasons, to play a surprisingly large role in the emerging approaches to school and teacher evaluation. This is illustrated by a detailed analysis of the emerging system of whole-school evaluation in Ireland. Research indicates that while self-evaluation looms large in the system’s theoretical framework, in fact, there is strong evidence that neither schools nor teachers have the expertise required to systematically self-evaluate. This book identifies methodologies designed to empower schools and teachers to become genuinely self-evaluating through the development of research skills in the context of online communities of practice.
Details
- Pages
- XII, 227
- Publication Year
- 2008
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9780820486383
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Lehrer Evaluation Self-evaluation Autonomy Accountability Selbstevaluation Teacher Professional Devel School Evaluation Irland
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2008. XII, 227 pp.
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