Testing Teachers
The Effects of Inspections on Primary Teachers
Published on 16. August 2005
264 pages
978-1-135-71016-3 (ISBN)
Description
Since the 1992 Education Act inaugurated national arrangements for inspection, schools have operated within an 'inspection climate' which pervades every aspect of school life on a continual basis. The significance of OFSTED inspections cannot be overestimated. They are often the most challenging, searching, uncompromising and stressful events teacher have ever experienced. What effects do they have on teachers and their work, on their self and role, and on school policy and ethos? Drawing on case studies from contrasting primary schools over a three- year period, this book reveals how OFSTED inspections were received within primary schools. It meets the need for detailed, rigorous research into inspections and their effects on teachers.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
0,47 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-135-71016-3 (9781135710163)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
07/1998
1st Edition
Routledge Falmer
€260.70
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Book
07/1998
1st Edition
Routledge Falmer
€74.50
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Persons
Bob Jeffrey is Research Fellow at the Open University and has published research, together with Peter Woods, on teacher creativity, primary teacher discourses on work, pupils' perspectives of creative learning and the restructuring of primary teachers' work. Peter Woods is Professor of Education at the Open University. He has written extensively in the areas of teacher and pupil interaction, teacher creativity, and the methodology of ethnographic research.
Content
Introduction; Notes from the Field (1): Inspection Week at Lowstate; Chapter 1 Bridging the Gap: The Inspectors' Perspective; Notes from the Field (2): Monday Early Encounters; Chapter 2 A Conflict of Values: The Teachers' Perspective; Notes from the Field (3): Tuesday Aclimatization Day; Chapter 3 The Colonization of Teachers' Lives, Selves and Work; Notes from the Field (4): Wednesday The Longest Day Chapter 4 Feeling Deprofessionalized: The Social Construction of Teacher Emotions; Notes from the Field (5): Thursday Last Performance; Chapter 5 Coping with Ofsted Inspections; Notes from the Field (6): Friday Celebration and Review
