External inspection or school self-evaluation? A comparative analysis of policy and practice in primary schools in England and Finland

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 539-556

  Webb, Rosemary ^a   Vulliamy, Graham ^b   Häkkinen, Kirsti ^b   Hämäläinen, Seppo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032269199     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141192980240504     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. ABBOTT, R., STEADMAN, S. & BIRCHENOUGH, M. (1988) GRIDS: Primary School Handbook, 2nd edn (London, SCDC Publications).
2. ALEXANDER, R., ROSE, J. & WOODHEAD C. (1992) Curriculum Organisation and Classroom Practice in Primary Schools: a discussion paper (London, Department of Education and Science).
3. BALL, S. J. (1994) Education Reform. A Critical and Post-structural Approach (Buckingham, Open University Press).
4. BARBER, M. (1997) Spice up your life, we're going to be talked about, Times Educational Supplement, 5 December, p. 22.
5. BATHORY, Z. & LEIMU, K. ( 1994) Finnish and Hungarian Education Compared: selected issues of mutual interest. Publication Series B, Theory into Practice 87 (Jyväskylä, University of Jyväskylä, Institute for Educational Research).
6. CAMPBELL, R. J. & NEILL, S. R. ST. J. (1994) Primary Teachers at Work (London, Routledge).
7. CLEGG, D. & BILLINGTON, S. (1994) Making the Most of Your Inspection (London, Falmer Press).
8. CONSTABLE, H., BROWN, R. & WILLIAMS, R. (1988) An evaluation of the implementation of GRIDS in one Local Education Authority, Educational Management and Administration, 16, pp. 43-58.
9. DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT (1997) Excellence in Schools (London, Department for Education and Employment).
10. EMERY, H. (1996) Children evaluating and assessing their progress in learning, in: R. WEBB (Ed.) Cross-curricular Primary Practice: taking a leadership role (London, Falmer Press).
11. EUROPEAN EDUCATION INFORMATION NETWORK (1996) Supplement to the Study on Pre-school and Primary Education in the European Union: the situation in Austria, Finland and Sweden and in the EFTA/EEA Countries (Brussels, EURYDICE).
12. FULLAN, M. (1982) The Meaning of Educational Change (Toronto, OISE Press).
13. FULLAN, M. (1991) The New Meaning of Educational Change (London, Cassell).
14. HARGREAVES, A. (1994) Changing Teachers, Changing Times. Teachers' Work and Culture in the Postmodern Age (London, Cassell).
15. JEFFREY, B. & WOODS, P. (1995) Where have all the good times gone? Times Educational Supplement, 9 June, p. 6.
16. KINDER, E. & HARLAND, J. (1991) The Impact of INSET: the case of primary science (Slough, National Foundation for Educational Research).
17. LAUKKANEN, R. (1995) The formation of evaluation policies in education in Finland, in: Y. YRJÖNSUURI (Ed.) Evaluating Education in Finland (Helsinki, National Board of Education).
18. LAUKKANEN, R. (1996) Evaluation culture development in Finland: a case of special education evaluation, paper presented at the European Conference on Educational Research, University of Seville, 25-28 September.
19. MACBEATH, J., BOYD, B., RAND, J. & BELL, S. (1996) Schools Speak for Themselves: towards a framework for self-evaluation (London, National Union of Teachers).
20. NATIONAL BOARD OF EDUCATION (1994) Peruskoulun opetussuunnitelman perusteet (published in English as the Framework Curriculum for the Comprehensive School 1994) (Helsinki, Opetushallitus).
21. NIAS, J. (1989) Primary Teachers Talking: a study of teaching as work (London, Routledge).
22. NIAS, J., SOUTHWORTH, G. & CAMPBELL, P. (1992) Whole School Curriculum Development (London, Falmer Press).
23. NIAS, J., SOUTHWORTH, G. & YEOMANS, R. (1989) Staff Relationships in the Primary School (London, Cassell).
24. NORRIS, N., ASPLAND, R., MACDONALD, B., SCHOSTAK, J. & ZAMORSKI, B. (1996) An Independent Evaluation of Comprehensive Curriculum Reform in Finland (Helsinki, National Board of Education).
25. OFFICE FOR STANDARDS IN EDUCATION (1994a) Handbook for the Inspection of Schools (London, HMSO).
26. OFFICE FOR STANDARDS IN EDUCATION (1994b) Primary Matters (London, HMSO).
27. OFFICE FOR STANDARDS IN EDUCATION (1995a) Guidance on the Inspection of Nursery and Primary Schools (London, HMSO).
28. OFFICE FOR STANDARDS IN EDUCATION (1995b) The Annual Report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools, Part 1 (London, HMSO).
29. OFFICE FOR STANDARDS IN EDUCATION (1996a) The Annual Report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools (London, HMSO).
30. OFFICE FOR STANDARDS IN EDUCATION (1996b) Subjects and Standards (London, HMSO).
31. OFFICE FOR STANDARDS IN EDUCATION (n.d.) Guidance Notes on Reporting on Particularly Good or Poor Teaching: the Code of Practice (London, Office for Standards in Education).
32. SOUTHWORTH, G. & FIELDING, M. (1994) School inspection for school development? In: G. SOUTHWORTH (Ed.) Readings in Primary School Development (London, Falmer Press).
33. SUMMERS, M. & KRUGER, C. (1994) A longitudinal study of a constructivist approach to improving primary teachers' subject matter knowledge in science, Teaching and Teacher Education, 10, pp. 499-519.
34. VULLIAMY, G., KIMONEN, E., NEVALAINEN, R. & WEBB, R. (1997) Teacher identity and curriculum change: a comparative case-study analysis of small schools in England and Finland, Comparative Education, 33, pp. 97-115.
35. VULLIAMY, G. & WEBB, R. (1992) Analysing and validating data in teacher research, in: G. VULLIAMY & R. WEBB (Eds) Teacher Research and Special Educational Needs (London, David Fulton).
36. WEBB, R. (1996) Changing Primary Policy in Practice: a case study. Qualitative Research Papers in Education 96/03 (Department of Educational Studies, York, University of York).
37. WEBB, R. & VULLIAMY, G. (1996) Roles and Responsibilities in the Primary School: changing demands, changing practices (Buckingham, Open University Press).
38. WEBB, R. & VULLIAMY, G. with HÄKKINEN, K., HÄMÄLÄINEN, S., KIMONEN, E., NEVALAINEN, R. & NIKKI, M. (1997) A Comparative Analysis of Curriculum Change in Primary Schools in England and Finland (York, Department of Educational Studies, University of York).
39. WILCOX, B. & GRAY, J. (1996) Inspecting Schools: holding schools to account and helping schools to improve (Buckingham, Open University Press).
40. YRJÖNSUURI, Y. (1995) Evaluation of educational achievements in comprehensive school, in: Y. YRJÖNSUURI (Ed.) Evaluating Education in Finland (Helsinki, National Board of Education).