School improvement after inspection? [[electronic resource] ] : school and LEA responses / / edited by Peter Earley

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455029703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Paul Chapman, 1998
• ISBN: 1-4462-7963-4; 9786612262661; 1-282-26266-1; 1-84920-675-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Collana: Published in association with the British Educational Leadership and Management Society
• Altri autori (Persone): EarleyPeter
• Disciplina: 323.60712; 371.200941
• Soggetti: School management and organization - Great Britain; School improvement programs - Great Britain; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; 1 - Introduction; Section 1 : School, Governing Body and LEA Responses: An Overview 2 - OFSTED and Afterwards? Schools' Responses to Inspection; 3 - Governing Bodies and School Inspection: Potential for Empowerment ?; 4 - Partners in Pursuit of Quality: LEA Support for School Improvement after Inspection; Section 2 : Case Studies 5 - The Use and Impact of OFSTED in a Primary School; 6 - Brookfield Special School: Recovery from Failure; 7 - Responding to School Inspection: Focusing on Development; 8 - Raising Standards and Raising Morale: A Case Study of ChangeSection 3 : School Responses: Towards a Critique of Inspection 9 - Inspection and Change in the Classroom: Rhetoric and Reality?; 10 - Inspection and the School Improvement Hoax; 11 - School Improvement or School Control? Teachers' Views on the Long-Term Value of Inspection; 12 - Inspection without Direction: Schools' Responses to OFSTED Requirements in Moral and Spiritual Education; ; Section 4 : Reinspection and Beyond 13 - The Inspector Calls Again: The Reinspection of Schools; 14 - Conclusion: Towards Self-Assessment?; ReferencesIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: 'School Improvement after Inspection?' is a lively and important contribution to the debate about the controversial role and function of OFSTED inspection, particularly as it relates to school improvement and raising standards.