Distributed evaluation and planning in schools (DEAPS).

The project has been developed in response to a situation that has seen school systems throughout Europe and beyond increasingly seeking to examine how they might include different voices in conversations about how schools work. In particular there has been a concerted push to involve the voices of parents, students and school boards in a range of school conversations. Arguably the main impetus behind these efforts has been the drive by school inspection systems to formally involve other stakeholders in conversations about quality. While there have been many innovative programmes and procedures developed to include the voices of parents, students and other groups in discussions about what happens in schools there is still, arguably, a gap in the capacity of schools to manage this process. This project seeks to address this gap by creating a programme for schools that will allow them engage with students, parents and school boards in a structured and safe way. It is envisaged that the programme developed will link into evaluation and inspection structures in each of the partner countries but it can also be used in other context.

Keywords:EDUCATION

Disciplines:Management, Education curriculum, Education systems, General pedagogical and educational sciences, Specialist studies in education, Other pedagogical and educational sciences