A constructional comparison of inspection of teaching activities in the education systems of Turkey, France and England

The main aim of this study is to investigate the similarities and the differences about the inspection of teaching activities at primary school level in the education systems of Turkey, France and England. In this research, Inspection of teaching in the education systems of Turkey, France and England was discussed by a comparative approach. Nowadays the inspection of Turkish Education System has a central characteristic and in the establishing of this system, it was influenced by the regulations in the France Education system. Besides, there are some regulations for the Performance Evaluation System in all public institutions, due to the 8th Five Years Development Plan. As a consequence of the performance evaluation system, the evaluation of schools and teachers will not be done solely not only by inspectors, and but also teachers, parents, teachers in the same branches and the school principal will have important roles in this evaluation process. In studies to establish this system, regulations about inspection in England Education system are benefited. In this study, comparative horizontal approach was chosen, since it was thought that different applications in different countries related to any problem about education could form alternative approaches about the solution of the problem. Findings about the countries in question were presented depending on the problem questions. In the study, first of all, inspection systems in Turkey, France and England were presented in details one by one, then, according to these findings in these three countries? education systems the aims of inspection, inspectorates, the responsibilities of these inspectorates, legal regulations of inspection, inspection process in primary schools and inspection of teaching activities were compared.