Inspeção escolar no contexto das políticas de gestão democrática de educação

A pesquisa propõe uma apresentação teórica do processo de formação do Inspetor Escolar a partir da perspectiva democrática da educação. Nessa perspectiva, buscamos compreender as políticas educacionais e identificar os aspectos relevantes para a formação do especialista em inspeção escolar. Nesse sentido, algumas indagações são apresentadas: como tem ocorrido a formação dos especialistas em educação na área da inspeção escolar a partir da perspectiva democrática? Quais são as atribuições do inspetor escolar na gestão democrática? Historicamente, o surgimento do trabalho da inspeção escolar no Brasil iniciou com a vinda dos Jesuítas. A partir daí, mudanças aconteceram no cenário político e educacional no país, o que contribuiu para a democratização do ensino e a busca de um novo perfil deste profissional. Os cursos de graduação em Pedagogia e de pós-graduação lato sensu têm grande responsabilidade na formação deste profissional, no desenvolvimento de um ensino com bases epistemológicas centradas no contexto filosófico, sociológico, político, social, histórico, econômico e cultural. Dessa forma, o estudo teórico, a princípio partiu do levantamento bibliográfico sobre a temática. E, após a seleção do material coletado, utilizou-se das análises textuais e interpretativas das fontes selecionadas. Dessa forma, recorreu-se a vários teóricos e pesquisadores da área como Santos Filho (2006), Veiga (2003), Gadotti (2000), Barbosa (2008), Laval (2019), entre outros. Assim, as instituições educacionais necessitam de profissionais preparados como uma formação acadêmica solidificada para atuarem no processo ensino aprendizagem na construção de uma educação baseada nos princípios da democracia, da inclusão e da formação humana. Portanto, o inspetor escolar deve atuar como gestor educacional estimulando o trabalho em equipe, o diálogo entre os profissionais da educação, a busca por novas técnicas e metodologias de ensino, valorizar as experiências dos envolvidos no processo e integrar a comunidade na solução dos problemas, na busca por um processo construtivo e integrador de ensino. This research proposes a theoretical presentation on the training process of the school inspector from the democratic perspective of education. From this perspective, we seek to understand the educational policies and identify the relevant aspects for the formation of the school inspection specialist. In this sense, some questions are presented: How has the training of specialists in education in the area of school inspection occurred from the democratic perspective? What are the attributions of the school inspector in democratic management? Historically, the emergence of school inspection in Brazil began with the arrival of the Jesuits. Since then, changes have taken place in the political and educational scenario in the country, which contributed to the democratization of education and the search for a new profile for this professional. The graduate courses in Pedagogy and the lato sensu post-graduate courses have a great responsibility in the formation of this professional, in the development of a teaching with epistemological bases centered on the philosophical, sociological, political, social, historical, economic and cultural context. In this way, the theoretical study started with a bibliographical survey on the theme. And, after the selection of the collected material, we used textual and interpretative analyses of the selected sources. Thus, we resorted to several theorists and researchers in the area such as Santos Filho (2006), Veiga (2003), Gadotti (2000), Barbosa (2008), Laval (2019), among others. Thus, educational institutions need professionals prepared as a solidified academic training to act in the teaching-learning process in the construction of an education based on the principles of democracy, inclusion and human formation. Therefore, the school inspector should act as an educational manager stimulating teamwork, dialogue among education professionals, the search for new techniques and teaching methodologies, valuing the experiences of those involved in the process and integrating the community in the solution of problems, in the search for a constructive and integrating teaching process.

Inspection Reports in Turkey and United Kingdom: A Comparative Study of Inspections

This study aims to compare the school inspection reports prepared by educational inspectors in Turkey and the United Kingdom. In Turkey, educational inspection is carried out by the Educational Inspectors of the Ministry of National Education. On the other hand, educational inspection in the UK is carried out by Ofsted education inspectors. In both countries, it is compulsory to prepare an inspection report at the conclusion of an inspection, which sheds light on and evaluates the activities carried out at the school. The inspection reports are the subject of this study in terms of both form and content. The qualitative research method was used in the study and a document analysis was carried out. In this context, 10 inspection reports from both Turkey and the United Kingdom each were subjected to the inspection report review. A code was assigned to each inspection report. The reports originating from Turkey that were subjected to review were assigned the code TR, while the reports originating from the United Kingdom that were subjected to review were assigned the code UK. Titles of the inspection reports were determined and sample expressions related to each title were included in the text. As a result, although there are some similarities in the form of inspections, Ofsted reports were judged to be different, especially in terms of participation, evaluation of direct training activities, transparency and participation.

Assessing the Ethos of Anglican Primary Schools in Wales: The Student Voice Project

Since the Anglican Church in England and Wales began to build schools long before the state developed machinery to do so, around a quarter of all primary schools remain connected with the Anglican Church. The church school inspection system maintains that Anglican schools have a distinctive ethos. The Student Voice Project argues that school ethos is generated by the implicit collective values, beliefs and behaviours of the students, and was designed to give explicit voice to the students in response to six specific areas of school life identified by the Anglican school inspection criteria as relevant to school ethos. Drawing on data provide by 8,111 year-five and year-six students attending Church in Wales primary schools, the present study reports on the six ethos measures and on significant differences reported by female and male students, and by year-five and year-six students.

Inspection Reports in Turkey and United Kingdom: A Comparative Study of Inspections

This study aims to compare the school inspection reports prepared by educational inspectors in Turkey and the United Kingdom. In Turkey, educational inspection is carried out by the Educational Inspectors of the Ministry of National Education. On the other hand, educational inspection in the UK is carried out by Ofsted education inspectors. In both countries, it is compulsory to prepare an inspection report at the conclusion of an inspection, which sheds light on and evaluates the activities carried out at the school. The inspection reports are the subject of this study in terms of both form and content. The qualitative research method was used in the study and a document analysis was carried out. In this context, 10 inspection reports from both Turkey and the United Kingdom each were subjected to the inspection report review. A code was assigned to each inspection report. The reports originating from Turkey that were subjected to review were assigned the code TR, while the reports originating from the United Kingdom that were subjected to review were assigned the code UK. Titles of the inspection reports were determined and sample expressions related to each title were included in the text. As a result, although there are some similarities in the form of inspections, Ofsted reports were judged to be different, especially in terms of participation, evaluation of direct training activities, transparency and participation.

Quality assurance in Irish schools: Inspection and school self-evaluation

In this paper, we provide an overview of the development of school inspection in Ireland over the past twenty years using the analytic and critical lens developed by Richard Boyle in partnership with the current authors. The paper is fundamentally a reflection on the nature, purpose and operation of evaluation in the Irish public sector through the lens of education. The paper provides a historical overview of developments in the linked areas of school evaluation and inspection, and goes on to explore how the implementation of this mode of quality assurance has influenced, and been influenced by, a wide range of policy actors. The argument made is that education has embedded a culture of evaluation in a unique yet systemically resonant manner and that a reflection on this reality will help illuminate our understanding of the role of evaluation across the public sector as a whole.

Viewpoint: Thoughts on whole school inspection post-Covid

This article argues that the pause in whole school Ofsted inspections until the end of 2020, and possibly into 2021, offers the opportunity to re-examine the nature of school inspection as an appreciative process with inevitable limitations that Ofsted has so far failed to recognize. This raises the possibility of replacing the current adversarial system with a more consensual one grounded in basic principles similar to, but developed from, the process of school inspection pre-Ofsted by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Schools.