Data Use Leads to Data Valuing: Evaluative Inquiry for School Decision Making

Autor: Swee C. Goh, J. Bradley Cousins, Shannon E. Clark
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Leadership and Policy in Schools. 5:155-176
ISSN: 1744-5043
1570-0763
DOI: 10.1080/15700760500365468
Popis: Despite growing interest in evaluative inquiry as a trigger for development of organizational learning capacity, there exists a paucity of empirical research in this area. This is particularly the case in the context of schools, where systematic inquiry to support decision making and problem solving is hardly a mainstream activity. The purpose of the present inquiry was to examine the nature and benefits of systematic inquiry in schools and to understand forces that serve to enhance or impede schools propensity to embrace evaluative inquiry as a support for decision making. We selected four schools that, on the basis of a prior field survey, scored relatively high on organizatinal learning capacity, evaluative inquiry, organizational readiness for evaluation, and evaluation processes. Interview, focus group, and document data were collected on two site visits. Results show considerable breadth in inquiry activities to which a range of benefits accrue. Among the most salient factors supporting school-based...
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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