The book provides a valuable contribution to our understanding of the politics and practices which colour and shape the legitimacy and operational execution of inspection policy. This book examines the role of the inspector within the context of a number of OECD member states and explores the ways in which the inspectors themselves interpret, implement and influence inspection practices and policy.

School Inspectors Inspection policy can have various unintended consequences, some of which produce radical discrepancies between the policy intent and its implementation. The book provides a valuable contribution to our understanding of the politics and practices which colour and shape the legitimacy and operational execution of inspection policy. This book examines the role of the inspector within the context of a number of OECD member states and explores the ways in which the inspectors themselves interpret, implement and influence inspection practices and policy..

Chapters include findings from systematic literature reviews and primary research while also presenting a range of practical examples from inspections systems from all over the world. Methods and Modalities of Effective School Inspections. This book provides an overview and discussion of the evidence base of effective school inspections; reflecting on issues of validity and reliability of school inspections in relation to school effectiveness research, unintended consequences and emergent roles and responsibilities of Inspectorates of Education.

The work is unique in its focus on the inspectors’ role within the implementation of the inspection process— an element often overlooked in the literature. School Inspectors Inspection policy can have various unintended consequences, some of which produce radical discrepancies between the policy intent and its implementation. A number of these discrepancies derive from the way in which the policy is articulated while others derive from the ways in which inspectors interpret and operationalise this policy..

This book explores how peer reviews are used in school improvement, accountability and education system reform. School Peer Review for Educational Improvement and Accountability. Importantly, these issues are studied through numerous international cases and new empirical evidence. This book fills this gap and will be an invaluable source for academics in school leadership and educational evaluation and accountability, as well as those working at the level of executive leadership in school networks, NGOs and in government policy-making.

Despite the increased use of school peer review in system reform and school improvement, very little research has been conducted on this model and there is a dearth of literature that looks at the phenomenon internationally.They provide feedback, challenge and support to each other. Schools collaborate with other schools in networks, collect data through self-evaluation and in school review visits. School Peer Review for Educational Improvement and Accountability.

Chapters include findings from systematic literature reviews and primary research while also presenting a range of practical examples from inspections systems from all over the world.The book provides relevant background materials for Inspectorates of Education who aim to improve the effectiveness of their systems and working methods, as well as clear examples for researchers aiming to analyse and understand the effectiveness of these systems. Methods and Modalities of Effective School Inspections.

This open access book discusses challenges in school improvement research and different methodological approaches that have the potential to foster school improvement research. Concept and Design Developments in School Improvement Research.

Importantly, these issues are studied through numerous international cases and new empirical evidence.

All sections emphasize ways to optimize communication with patients: the foundation for producing successful health behavior change.

CIOs and the Digital Transformation.With the advent of social media networking, mobility, big data and cloud computing, 4. However, sharing of leadership of this change among different actors can create disorder and inefficiency.

This open access book discusses challenges in school improvement research and different methodological approaches that have the potential to foster school improvement research.

This book describes how chief information officers (CIOs) can embrace and drive the digital transformation by providing innovative leadership that uses old skills in a novel way.

An essential, comprehensive, and practical guide to understanding, measuring, and modifying patients’ adherence behavior to optimize treatment outcomes, this book covers all major aspects of adherence in dermatology..Researchers and policymakers will also benefit from its coverage of research methods and the impact of nonadherence in specific diseases.

Anschaulich und anhand konkreter Beispiele aus einem Projekt zur Evaluation der Bildungsarbeit im Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald wird in diesem Buch die Übertragung des Ansatzes der kollegialen Hospitation in die außerschulische Bildungsarbeit dargestellt.Qualitätsentwicklung der Bildungsarbeit in National- und Naturparks Dabei werden die für die externe Evaluation der Bildungsarbeit des Nationalparks Bayerischer Wald entwickelten Instrumente und Methoden auch anderen Nationalparks bzw.. In der schulischen Bildungsarbeit ist der Ansatz, dass Kollegen sich gegenseitig begleiten und sich kritisch-konstruktive Rückmeldungen geben, ein breit diskutiertes Instrument der internen Evaluation.

This book studies the transformation of modern maritimity practices in coastal areas (such as swimming, navigation and tourism) and their implications to the development of Brazilian coastal cities, with an emphasis on the Northeast part of the country.

It is a reflection on coastal geography in the tropics and the contemporary valorization of coastal cities from a socioeconomic, technological and symbolical point of view.

In der schulischen Bildungsarbeit ist der Ansatz, dass Kollegen sich gegenseitig begleiten und sich kritisch-konstruktive Rückmeldungen geben, ein breit diskutiertes Instrument der internen Evaluation.

The author, José Borzacchiello da Silva, includes interviews with renowned French geographers, documenting their insight into the French contribution to geography in Brazil.

The book also presents memories and forgotten traditions that are important in the representation of places and cultures. It presents cultural realities as resources for the resolution of tensions between different communities and the establishment of their identities.

This book analyses the development of geography as a scientific discipline in Brazil, highlighting how the established partnerships with French geographers have helped shape scientific progress in the country. French-Brazilian Geography.The author, José Borzacchiello da Silva, includes interviews with renowned French geographers, documenting their insight into the French contribution to geography in Brazil.

Using open-ended interview discussions and testimonies, it focuses on this specific incident of displacement and violence and discusses the outcomes 30 years later.

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The book also presents memories and forgotten traditions that are important in the representation of places and cultures.Religious Tourism and Heritage in Brazil It questions religious systems and their dynamic interface with the occupation of cultural spaces and the interpretation of touristic practices in Brazil.

This book analyzes the most important geohydrological aspects of the San Jorge Gulf Basin (Chubut and Santa Cruz provinces, Argentine Patagonia), with a particular focus on the physical and hydrodynamic characteristics of the system.

Based on extensive interviews with potters and traders, it explains why the barter of pots continues to be practiced, and explores how pottery production and exchange practices may now be changing. Pots are mainly bartered for food crops within a non-monetary peasant economy distinct from the “conventional” market.This book describes the pottery trade activities of the residents of the community of San Bartolomé de los Olleros in Piura, Peru. The book provides a unique and detailed analysis of the interconnections between handicraft production, rural trade networks, and agriculture in an Andean context.

This book analyzes the most important geohydrological aspects of the San Jorge Gulf Basin (Chubut and Santa Cruz provinces, Argentine Patagonia), with a particular focus on the physical and hydrodynamic characteristics of the system.

Innovations in the Barcarena territory, such as the implementation of the aluminium factory Albras/Alunorte and the territorial configuration or public administration, lead to modernization simulations and artificial devices.

.This book describes the pottery trade activities of the residents of the community of San Bartolomé de los Olleros in Piura, Peru.

Shifting Nicaraguan Mediascapes. In order to confront these threats and, it seems, secure indefinite political tenure, the government engages in a set of centralizing and anti-democratic political strategies characterized by secrecy, institutional power grabs, highly suspect electoral practices, clientelistic anti-poverty programmes, and the control through purchase or co-optation of much of the nation's media.