Is school self-evaluation the vehicle for kindergarten teachers' professional well-being?: Teachers' views

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Published: Nov 30, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/ppej.31589
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School self-evaluation Professional well-being Preschool Education Qualitative research
Anna Spyridoula Kountzoglou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2489-0485
Domna Mika Kakana
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Abstract

On the occasion of the Government paper 140 / 20-1-2021 issued by the Ministry of Education and Religions entitled: "Collective planning, internal and external evaluation of schools in terms of their educational work" and concerns the self-evaluation of schools, this paper aims to explore the views of kindergarten teachers regarding with the process of self-assessment. Moreover the current research is also referred to the topic of professional well-being. These topic areas are worth researching because they belong to a field that has not been sufficiently studied in our country, especially for preschool education. There is a very small number of researches that refer both to the self-evaluation of the school units and the professional well-being of educators. Through the use of semi-structured interviews, the views of the kindergarten teachers of the sample are drawn on this topic.


The kindergarten teachers that were the sample of the research were 15 in total, coming from different parts of Greece. In order to analyze the data of the semi-structured interviews, the method of thematic analysis was used.


Regarding to the above, most teachers are in favor of self-evaluation of school units, although they have some doubtsabout the implementation of the process. In fact, many of the dimensions of school life that need evaluation were mentioned. According to the kindergarten teachers, the people who should be involved in this process are mainly the teachers themselves, while the school leadership and the parents were also mentioned. Teachers also identified several benefits of the self-assessment process both in themselves (eg professional development) and in the school unit (eg opening a school in the community). Also, all the kindergarten teachers mentioned the cooperation and communication with their colleagues as the most important factor that affects their professional well-being and can be influenced by the self-evaluation of their school unit.

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Anna Spyridoula Kountzoglou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Kindergarden teacher

Domna Mika Kakana, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Professor at the Department of Preschool Education Sciences 

 
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