Ofsted, criteria and the nature of social understanding: A Wittgensteinian critique of the practice of educational judgement

British Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 22-38

  Gilroy, Peter ^a   Wilcox, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Criteria; Inspection; Ofsted; Wittgenstein

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031488989     PISSN: 00071005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8527.00034     Document Type: Article

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