Trusting Schools and Teachers: Developing Educational Professionalism Through Self-evaluation

by McNamara, Gerry; O'Hara, Joe

• ISBN13: 9780820486383
• ISBN10: 0820486388
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-01
• Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Inc

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 thei

Author Biography

Gerry McNamara teaches at the School of Education Studies, Dublin City University.

Table of Contents

Schools and teachers in the age of evaluation
The age of evaluation	p. 3
Trusting the teacher : the case for professional self-evaluation	p. 15
The school evaluation spectrum - an emerging consensus?	p. 33
Looking at our schools : school and teacher evaluation in the Irish context
A toe in the water - the whole-school evaluation project	p. 49
Looking at our schools - an emerging evaluation framework	p. 63
Looking at our schools - stakeholders respond	p. 79
Developing the self-evaluating teacher
Supporting school and teacher self-evaluation - the European experience	p. 105
Developing the self-evaluating teacher - a pilot project	p. 139
Developing the self-evaluating teacher - exploring the project outcomes	p. 159
Conclusion - empowering self-evaluating teachers and schools	p. 197
Bibliography	p. 205
Index	p. 217
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