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Exploring parent and student engagement in school self-evaluation in four European countries

Brown, Martin ORCID: 0000-0002-5436-354X, McNamara, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-9725-9304, Çınkır, Şakir ORCID: 0000-0001-8057-938X, Fadar, Jerich, Figueiredo, Maria ORCID: 0000-0002-3604-529X, Vanhoof, Jan ORCID: 0000-0001-8736-4509, O'Hara, Joe ORCID: 0000-0003-1956-7640, Skerritt, Craig ORCID: 0000-0002-3695-758X, O'Brien, Shivaun ORCID: 0000-0001-7189-1443, Kurum, Gül ORCID: 0000-0002-8686-7339, Ramalho, Henrique ORCID: 0000-0002-5512-1278 and Rocha, João ORCID: 0000-0003-0328-307X (2021) Exploring parent and student engagement in school self-evaluation in four European countries. European Educational Research Journal, 20 (2). pp. 159-175. ISSN 1474-9041

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Abstract

The 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.

Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Inclusion; school self-evaluation; stakeholder voice; partnerships; inspection
Subjects:Social Sciences > Education
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Institute of Education > School of Policy & Practice
Research Initiatives and Centres > Centre for Evaluation, Quality & Inspection (EQI)
Publisher:Sage
Official URL:https://doi.org/10.1177/1474904120961203
Copyright Information:© 2021 The Authors. Open Access (CC-BY-4.0)
Funders:Erasmus+ project: Distributed Evaluation and Planning in Schools (DEAPS) (Grant No. 2017-1-IE01- KA201-025693).
ID Code:26379
Deposited On:21 Oct 2021 13:55 by Vidatum Academic . Last Modified 05 May 2022 11:38

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