Making Sense of Primary Inspection

Neuausgabe 1996
ISBN: 978-0-335-19664-7
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 222 g

* What really happens in an inspection of a primary school?

* What are the effects of inspections on primary schools and teachers?

* How do inspectors feel about the inspection process?

Making Sense of Primary Inspection provides a unique insight into these and many other issues. Based on a series of case studies, the book examines what really happens in inspections both in technical and emotional terms. It explores tensions between judgement and development, myth and reality, evidence and interpretation and the institution and the individual. It raises issues about power, professionalism, objectivity, credibility and confidence and reveals the internal workings of inspection as conditional, negotiated and dominated by human nature.

This book will be invaluable reading for all primary school headteachers, teachers and governors who have either undergone or are preparing for inspection. It will also be of great interest to school inspectors.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sandbrook, Ian

Sandbrook

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Grundschulen, Hauptschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Introduction
The changing culture of inspection
Expectations and preconceptions
Gathering evidence
Roles and reliability
Feedback
Patterns of emotional response
Relationships and rituals
Outcomes of inspection
Professionalism and inspection
Inspection illuminated
The case studies
Bibliography
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Ian Sandbrook is an Ofsted Registered Inspector who has been a primary inspector with Hampshire County Council since 1988. He was previously a teacher, headteacher and primary inspector with the Inner London Education Authority. He has recently been awarded a D Phil by Sussex University.