Publication
Title
Effects and side effects of Flemish school inspection
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Abstract
Despite the increased importance of school inspection in recent years, the current knowledge base does not provide a clear view on the effects and side effects of being inspected. More evidence is needed in more diverse educational contexts. This article responds to this need with a quantitative study on the effects and side effects of school inspections on Flemish schools. In total 2624 respondents from 130 primary and secondary schools participated in the study. The article discusses the conceptual, instrumental, symbolic and strategic effects of inspection and its impact on self-efficacy and collective efficacy. Regarding side effects, the emotional impact is discussed alongside disturbing effects, misleading activities by schools and individual teachers and the impact on staff members personal lives. Furthermore the article distinguishes between the responses of staff members from schools with a positive inspection judgement and those with a less favourable judgement, and between the responses of teachers and of members of the school management teams. This study is embedded in the Flemish educational context. The results of our study are put in perspective next to results of studies in other educational contexts. Several particularities of the Flemish educational context (and how they may have affected our results) are discussed.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Educational management administration and leadership. - Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Publication
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : 2016
ISSN
1741-1432
DOI
10.1177/1741143215570305
Volume/pages
44 :5 (2016) , p. 728-744
ISI
000382891400003
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
Inspecting school inspections: Describing and explaining (un)intended effects
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Subject
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Last edited 09.10.2023
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