Do monitoring and evaluation tools, designed to measure the improvement in the quality of primary education, constrain or enhance educational development?

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 546-559

  Courtney, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classroom observation; Monitoring and evaluation; Teacher development

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MONITORING; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

ASIA; CAMBODIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 44649189177     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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