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O'Leary, Matt; Wood, Phil – Professional Development in Education, 2017
Attempts to measure the quality of teaching and learning have resulted in an overreliance on quantitative performance data and the normalisation of a set of reductionist practices in England's further education sector in recent years. Focusing on lesson observation as an illustrative example and drawing on data from a national study, this article…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Observation, Neoliberalism
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O'Leary, Matt; Brooks, Val – Professional Development in Education, 2014
Successive governments in England have regarded classroom observation as an essential tool for monitoring and improving teacher performance. Despite its importance in national policy for teacher development, the impact of classroom observation on individual teachers, and on improving quality and standards in teaching and learning, remain…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Observation, Standards