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Sylvie Moussay; Frederique Mauguen; Luc Ria – International Journal of Training and Development, 2024
This article presents an empirical study on a new training program for the professional development of school inspectors and principals. The international literature reviews show that training based on the learning of managerial skills has limits. Another approach to training based on professional difficulties experienced and on authentic practice…
Descriptors: Training, Program Development, Professional Development, Inspection
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Segerholm, Christina; Lindgren, Joakim; Novak, Judit – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2022
The rise in the use of scientific evidence as a basis for educational policymaking has been a noticeable feature globally. In this study, we describe and discuss how educational research is used to make policy and governing evidence-based. To illustrate this, we use the Swedish Schools Inspectorate (SSI) as a case and focus on two of the processes…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Educational Administration
Education Scotland, 2022
Scotland's HM Inspectors (HMI) of Education have published this report highlighting features of effective practice in outdoor learning. As part of Scottish Government's Education Recovery: Key Actions and Next Steps, HM Inspectors of Education committed to undertaking national thematic reviews. This national report provides the independent view of…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Educational Improvement, Foreign Countries, COVID-19
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Altrichter, Herbert; Gamsjäger, Manuela; Plaimauer, Christine; Prammer-Semmler, Eva; Steiner, Regina; Zuber, Julia; Handschuh, Lisa – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2022
During recent years many European countries have modernized the governance of their education systems according to an 'evidence-based model' which, e.g., materialized in new school inspections and comparative performance assessment. Qualitative case study data of six primary and secondary schools is used to explore in-school processes of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Coping, Foreign Countries, Governance
Moss, Gemma; Bradbury, Alice; Braun, Annette; Duncan, Sam; Levy, Rachael – Institute of Education - London, 2021
The "Learning through Disruption" research project ran between May-August 2021, with funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. The project was based at UCL Institute of Education (IOE) and data collection began in May 2021, shortly after primary schools in England had emerged from the spring 2021 national lockdown, and were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing