Peer Review in Czech Education: A Recognized but Somewhat
Neglected Tool for School Development

C 2020

Peer Review in Czech Education: A Recognized but Somewhat Neglected Tool for School Development

MICHEK, Stanislav, Martin CHVÁL and Milan POL

Basic information

Original name

Peer Review in Czech Education: A Recognized but Somewhat Neglected Tool for School Development

Authors

MICHEK, Stanislav (203 Czech Republic), Martin CHVÁL (203 Czech Republic) and Milan POL (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Cham, School peer review for educational improvement and accountability : theory, practice and policy implications, p. 139-156, 18 pp. Accountability and Educational Improvement, 2020

Publisher

Springer

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

50301 Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/20:00116633

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

978-3-030-48129-2

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48130-8_7

Keywords in English

School peer review; school improvement; school data use; Czech Republic

Abstract

V originále

This chapter presents the practice of peer review as related to self-evaluation processes in Czech schools. It begins with a description of changes that have occurred in self-evaluation of Czech schools during the last 15 years. This is followed by discussion of efforts to support peer review in the last hundred years and a description of how peer review was supported in the Road to Quality, a nation-wide project (2009–2012) that approached peer review as evaluation by teams from other schools. Experience from the project is presented along with research methods applied, such as questionnaire survey, semi-structured interview, document analysis, participated observation, inquiry and case study. The findings give evidence on (a) expectations of schools willing to carry out peer review; (b) evaluation activities and work with school data; (c) differences between peer review and action of Czech School Inspectorate; (d) willingness of schools to continue using peer review for further development. In conclusion, peer review in the Czech Republic is perceived as a potentially promising activity; in terms of practice, however, it is shown that it remains somewhat peripheral in the mainstream of Czech schools.

Links

MUNI/A/1047/2019, interní kód MU

Name: Učení v různých kontextech

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Citovat

MICHEK, Stanislav, Martin CHVÁL and Milan POL. Peer Review in Czech Education: A Recognized but Somewhat Neglected Tool for School Development. In Godfrey, D. (eds.). School peer review for educational improvement and accountability : theory, practice and policy implications. Cham: Springer, 2020, p. 139-156. Accountability and Educational Improvement. ISBN 978-3-030-48129-2. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48130-8_7.

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