School Inspections Still in Dispute--An Exploratory Study of School Principals' Perceptions of School Inspections

Autor/inn/en	Bitan, Kristin; Haep, Anna; Steins, Gisela
Titel	School Inspections Still in Dispute--An Exploratory Study of School Principals' Perceptions of School Inspections
Quelle	In: International Journal of Leadership in Education, 18 (2015) 4, S.418-439 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-3124
DOI	10.1080/13603124.2014.958199
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Inspection; School Visitation; Principals; Administrator Attitudes; Feedback (Response); Interviews; Qualitative Research; Positive Attitudes; Faculty Workload; Social Psychology; Error Patterns; Institutional Evaluation; Self Evaluation (Groups); Satisfaction; Administrator Role; Educational Quality; Quality Control; Information Sources; Negative Attitudes; Stress Variables; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Prüfverfahren; Principal; Schulleiter; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Qualitative Forschung; Sozialpsychologie; Fehlertyp; Self evaluation; Group; Groups; Selbstevaluation; Gruppe (Soz); Zufriedenheit; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Qualitätskontrolle; Information source; Informationsquelle; Negative Fixierung; Deutschland
Abstract	This paper assesses attitudes of principals from one German federal state toward school inspections. The discussion about school inspections and their acceptance can be imbedded into theoretical reflections on the design of and approach to feedback in social psychology. In our study, 50 school principals were interviewed about their attitudes toward school inspections. The contents of their statements were analysed in a qualitative study. The central result was that 42% of the respondents were generally cooperative and had positive attitudes toward school inspections. The analysis of the school principals with rather negative statements (32% of the respondents) reflects a criticism of the anticipated workload in relation to the expected efficacy of school inspections and emotional as well as practical problems. Based on our findings, we discuss recommendations for action for those involved in school inspections from a social psychological point of view. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01