NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Professional Learning as Policy Enactment: The Primacy of Professionalism
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Hardy, Ian J.; Melville, Wayne – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2019
In this article, we draw upon notions of occupational professionalism and organizational professionalism to interrogate the complex, and sometimes contradictory, teacher learning practices that characterize educational policy enactment. We apply these understandings to the Growing Success assessment and evaluation policy in Ontario, Canada, and in…
Descriptors: Professionalism, Educational Policy, Faculty Development, School Districts
Education Policy in Greece: A Preliminary Assessment
Direct linkDirect link
OECD Publishing, 2017
The future of Greece's well-being will depend on improving educational performance to raise employment and social outcomes. The challenges are significant, as public education expenditure in Greece has declined in recent years and learning outcomes are weak. To help the Greek government address these challenges, this report proposes a set of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Improvement, Professional Autonomy
Comparing National Policies on Institutional Profiling in Germany and the Netherlands
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Klumpp, Matthias; de Boer, Harry; Vossensteyn, Hans – Comparative Education, 2014
The concepts of differentiation and profiling are cornerstones in discussions about the organisation of contemporary higher education systems, following the trends of massification and global competition. This contribution provides a system-level description and comparison of the German and Dutch higher education systems regarding these topics,…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Excellence in Education
Inspecting Schools: Holding Schools to Account and Helping Schools To Improve.
Wilcox, Brian; Gray, John – 1996
During the first half of the 1990s, the British government turned inspection into an ambitious instrument of educational policy-making. What happens when schools are inspected is the subject of this book. Based on a 3-year study, it answers such questions as "What happens when the inspectors announce that they intend to call?,""How…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Educational Administration, Educational Change
Self-Regulation in Higher Education. A Multi-National Perspective on Collaborative Systems of Quality Assurance and Control. Higher Education Policy Series 15.
Kells, H. R. – 1992
Self-regulation in North American higher education is inherent in university behavior, having existed and expanded throughout most of the past century. However, the rest of the university world is just starting to experience a significant level of control over program development, financial management, and evaluation and the subsequent need for…
Descriptors: College Administration, Educational Administration, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Making Sense of Primary Inspection.
Sandbrook, Ian – 1996
What really happens in an inspection of a primary school? Some answers to this question, with a focus on the technical and emotional results of such evaluations, are provided in this text. It is based on a research project involving over 80 interviews in 12 case studies of inspections carried out in England. The book, which is intended for primary…
Descriptors: Accountability, Anxiety, Case Studies, Educational Administration