Different countries have different histories, traditions, cultures, and practices of student voice
and are currently at different stages of their student voice journeys. This paper investigates …

School self-evaluation is a low-stakes policy recently mandated in Ireland and while schools
are becoming more consistent in engaging in this internal mode of evaluation, their …

Public services have increasingly sought to use lay assessors (often known as “experts by
experience”) as members of inspection teams in health, social care, and education settings …

Student voice is, of course, fundamental–who could argue against democracy? It is
important that we do not return to a time where students were seen and not heard and …

This paper reflects on compulsory school self-evaluation in Ireland. It sets important
historical and contemporary context by documenting the development of a culture of …

This paper shows how the commitment of senior leadership teams to student voice is not
necessarily shared by teachers. As part of a wider study, this paper presents qualitative data …

This paper makes a novel and important contribution to scholarship by developing and
presenting a set of concepts and questions for those researching student voice in Ireland to …

School self-evaluation (SSE) has emerged as a widely used approach to school evaluation
in recent decades. This has occurred in the context of what is referred to as “New Public …

School self-evaluation based on multiple data sources has been used to evaluate the quality
of education at schools. This study aims to reveal the state of the education process, health …

There is considerable evidence that parents/guardians play an important role in their
children's education. The supportive behaviours of parents have important implications for …