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(2017) Tensiones Normativas de Los Fiscalizadores de La Superintendencia de Educación en La(s) Política(s)
(2017) Tensiones Normativas de Los Fiscalizadores de La Superintendencia de Educación en La(s) Política(s)
The Chilean education system has intensified its focus on accountability, Keywords
incorporating a new initiative —school complaint reports— as part of a new
inspectorate for the education sector, the Superintendencia de Educación. School communities
This study seeks to understand the work of the inspectors working for this Education policy
new government body. By preparing a qualitative design of a single case Neoliberal policies
study, in-depth interviews were carried out with all of the inspectors working
for a Superintendencia’s regional office. The findings reveal tension between Accountability
the work of inspecting and assessing, calling into question the inspectors’ role Supervisors
and professional performance. This tension is dissipated through negotia-
tion strategies within the regional inspectorate and with the schools. School
community policies analyzed through the prism of accountability produce
punitive atmospheres and initiatives as ways of improving a harmonious
environment within schools.