Teachers’ perceptions on the external evaluation of schools in Portugal

The study presented in this article emerges from an investigation carried out within the Schools Self-evaluation Observatory, with the main purpose of understanding the trends in teachers' perceptions regarding the effects of the External Evaluation of Schools (EES) on the Por...

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Authors: Sousa, Joana Raquel Faria de, Pacheco, José Augusto
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2018
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina (UNOESC)
Repository:Roteiro (Joaçaba. Online)
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.unoesc.edu.br:article/15852
Online Access:https://periodicos.unoesc.edu.br/roteiro/article/view/15852
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Avaliação externa das escolas
Avaliação institucional
Inspeção das escolas
Currículo
Evaluación externa de las escuelas
Evaluación institucional
Inspección de las escuelas
External evaluation of schools
Institutional evaluation
School inspections
Curriculum
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Summary:The study presented in this article emerges from an investigation carried out within the Schools Self-evaluation Observatory, with the main purpose of understanding the trends in teachers' perceptions regarding the effects of the External Evaluation of Schools (EES) on the Portuguese reality. Through a quantitative study based on a questionnaire survey applied to teachers of the School Groups and Non-Grouped Schools of the Ministry of Education network in the Northern region of Portugal, the results are analyzed through data processing from which two main tendencies are emphasized: the teachers' perception of the influence of the EES in the intermediate management bodies’ dynamics, in the curricular articulation, in the quality mechanisms that promote education, in the discussion about the internal organization of the school, in the orientation to the students learning outcomes, in the External Evaluation of Learning, in the professional development of the teachers and in the promotion of the social image of the school; the undefined teachers' perception regarding the improvement of pedagogical support and the contribution to curricular differentiation as an effect of EES.