Surveillance, performativity and normalised practice: The use and impact of graded lesson observations in Further Education colleges

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 694-714

  O'Leary, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

lesson observation; normalisation; observation of teaching and learning (OTL); surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882279164     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0309877X.2012.684036     Document Type: Article

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