The Views of Educational Supervisors on Clinical Supervision

Abstract

Contemporary educational supervision expresses democratic and leadership focused supervisory approach which consists of collaboration, trust, sharing and improving. The aims of the study are to investigate the answer of how current teacher supervision in Turkey is conducted according to the views of educational supervisors, and to unearth what the general attitudes and evaluations of educational supervisors regarding clinical supervision. A phenemological research design was used in the study. The study group consists of 53 educational supervisors working in the province of Antalya. A structured form consists of both open and close ended questions was delivered to the supervisors participated in the study. Data was gathered oral and written via interviews. A conference lasting six hours on clinical supervision’s aim, processes, techniques, observation and data collecting tools was held for the supervisors within the study. According to the results of the study, current supervision may be categorized under four stages; the stage before reaching the school setting, pre-observation, observation, and post-observation. That the views of educational supervisors are positive regarding the applicability of clinical supervision. The participants, mostly, stressed that the supervisory duties must be divided from the duties of investigation, and that the supervisors must be trained on clinical supervision.

Keywords: clinical supervision, educational supervisors, evaluation, schools