Trusting Schools And Teachers Developing Educational Professionalism Through Sel - Joe O'Hara

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.