Making Sense Of Primary Inspection - Softcover

Sandbrook, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0335196640 ISBN 13: 9780335196647

Publisher: Open University Press, 1996

Synopsis

* What really happens in an inspection of a primary school?

* What are the effects of inspections on primary schools and teachers?

* How do inspectors feel about the inspection process?

Making Sense of Primary Inspection provides a unique insight into these and many other issues. Based on a series of case studies, the book examines what really happens in inspections both in technical and emotional terms. It explores tensions between judgement and development, myth and reality, evidence and interpretation and the institution and the individual. It raises issues about power, professionalism, objectivity, credibility and confidence and reveals the internal workings of inspection as conditional, negotiated and dominated by human nature.

This book will be invaluable reading for all primary school headteachers, teachers and governors who have either undergone or are preparing for inspection. It will also be of great interest to school inspectors.

About this title

About the Author

Ian Sandbrook is an Ofsted Registered Inspector who has been a primary inspector with Hampshire County Council since 1988. He was previously a teacher, headteacher and primary inspector with the Inner London Education Authority. He has recently been awarded a D Phil by Sussex University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0335196640
• ISBN 13: 9780335196647
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160