Helen Simons is Professor of Curriculum Studies at the University of Southamptom, UK. Born and educated in New Zealand, worked as a school psychologist in Australia before emigrating to the UK in 1970 Since then, he has specialized in the field of evaluation, both in quality and in evaluating the teacher trainer. He has held research positions at the Nuffield Foundation, the Centre for Applied Research in Education at the University of East Anglia, where he received his doctorate, and was director of the Department of Curriculum Studies of the Institute of Education, University of London. Helen Simons is credited with many publications on the theory and practice of case studies, school evaluation and assessment of educational policies and curricular change. Author of numerous research and publications, including: Negotiating the Curriculum: A Case Study of Sociology at Keele University Workshops (1975); Towards a Science of the Singular: Essays acerca Case Study in Educational Research and Evaluation (1980); Against the rules: Procedural problems in School self evaluation (1985); Teacher Professionalism and the National Curriculum (1988); The Ethics of Case Study Research and Evaluation (1988); Rethinking Appraisal and Assessment (1989, with John Elliott et al.) The Case Studyas Paradox (1996); "The school self-evaluation and faculty development process. Supporting democratic schools". In VV.AA .: Rethinking education. Vol. II. Madrid. Morata-Paideia Foundation, (2nd ed.) 1999, p. 220-242.