This webinar explores the theory, practice and policy implications of school peer reviews for educational improvement and accountability.
Introduction - Professor Peter Earley
Peer review: improvement or policing? - Toby Greany
Review of case study examples and data to analyse how peer review reflects the three forms of isomorphism (coercive, mimetic and normative) identified by DiMaggio and Powell (1983).
Empowerment evaluation - Kerrie Ikin describes the findings of a three-year school peer-review research project conducted within the New South Wales government education system. The research compares an empowerment evaluation approach with a participatory and collaborative one.
Research-informed peer review - Karen Spence Thomas and David Godfrey
The Schools Partnership Programme - Anne Cameron and Maggie Farrar
The future: conceptions of peer review, standards, expansion? - David Godfrey
Q&A chaired by Professor Peter Earley.