Performance over professional learning and the complexity puzzle: lesson observation in England’s further education sector

Professional Development in Education

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 573-591

  O’Leary, Matt ^a   Wood, Phil ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

complexity theory; Lesson observation; marketisation; neoliberalism; professional development; teacher evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980385936     PISSN: 19415257     EISSN: 19415265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19415257.2016.1210665     Document Type: Article

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