The importance of the concept of self-evaluation in the changing landscape of education policy

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 173-179

  McNamara, Gerry ^a   O'Hara, Joe ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Evaluation policy; School evaluation; Self evaluation; Teacher evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949152456     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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