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- Drivers for Student and Parent Voice in School Self-Evaluation Activities. A cross-country analysis of Flanders (Belgium), Ireland and PortugalPublication . Faddar, Jerich; Vanhoof, Jan; Brown, Martin; Figueiredo, Maria Pacheco; Cinkir, Sakir; O'Hara, Joe; McNamara, GerrySchool self-evaluation (SSE) has become a key strategy in terms of safeguarding educational quality. In order to reach its full potential, it is argued that parents and students should be given a role in an SSE process, as they can help understand the complex environment in which schools operate. However, little is known about how different education systems include parent and student voice in SSE activities, and what driving factors at the individual, system and organisational level can foster this. This study reports on an international survey among school management team members in Flanders (Belgium), Ireland and Portugal. The results show statistically significant differences between countries in terms of parent and student voice in SSE. In particular, driving factors at the system and organisational level are found to explain differences in parent and student voice inclusion in SSE. The paper discusses the implications for researchers, policymakers, and the field of practice.
- Exploring parent and student engagement in school self-evaluation in four European countriesPublication . Brown, Martin; McNamara, Gerry; Cinkir, Sakir; Fadar, Jerich; Figueiredo, Maria Pacheco; Vanhoof, Jan; O’Hara, Joe; Skerritt, Craig; O’Brien, Shivaun; Kurum, Gül; Ramalho, Henrique; Rocha, JoãoThe purpose of this paper, which is part of a three-year EU Erasmus+-funded study titled ‘Distributed Evaluation and Planning in Schools’ (DEAPS), is to provide an analysis of policies, structures, processes, supports and barriers that exist to enable or inhibit the involvement of students and parents in school evaluation in four European countries (Belgium, Ireland, Portugal and Turkey). Document analysis was used for this study and some 348 peer-reviewed articles, and 28 national and transnational policy documents were included in the analysis. Based on this review it would be reasonable to suggest that the student/parent voice agenda around evaluation in schools remains, by and large, aspirational. It is extolled in policy but in practice is mainly tokenistic with very little evidence of impact on the work of schools. In light of this, it is argued that government and school-level policies and strategies need to be reconsidered to enhance students’ and parents’ engagement in school evaluation. As a first step, significant further empirical research on the limitations on and conditions necessary for stakeholder voice in education is required.
- The Enactment of Parent and Student Voice in School Evaluation-Cases Across European Frontiers. Technical ReportPublication . Pacheco Figueiredo, Maria; Brown, Martin; Cinkir, Sakir; Kurum, Gül; Skerrit, Craig; Faddar, Jerich; Vanhoof, Jan; Amante, Susana; Gardezi, Sarah; Gomes, Helena Margarida dos Santos Vasconcelos; McNamara, Gerry; martins, ana patrícia; O’Brien, Shivaun; O’Hara, Joe; Ramalho, Henrique; Rocha, João