School Based Instructional Supervision In Selected Secondary Schools of Addis Ababa
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2001-06
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Addis Ababauniversity
Abstract
Supervision was introduced into the Education System of Ethiopia during two
hi storica l periods in the past. The periods were1962/ 63 and the period 1994.
Although, this arm of Education was expected to provide both monitoring and
support givin g services, its monitoring role was always found to be dominant.
This research effort tries to find out how instructional supervi sion operates in a
secondary school in Addis Ababa City Administration context. In order to be able
to observe the internal dynamics of supervision a case study with a qualitat ive
research design has been employed.
The instrument used is guided interview targeting five homogeneous groups, who
the researcher assumed to be agents of supervision. The data sources are:-
1. School Principals of four schools
2. Department heads of four schools
3. Teachers of four schools
4. Students of one school
5. Parents of one school
The conclusions drawn from findings of the research pOinted that with regard to school
Environment: physical facilities, economic incentives and teacher involvement in decision
making needed attention and a lot of improvement. With regard to supervision
characteristics awareness problem of a critical nature was observed. What is actually
practiced in the name of supervision was merely classroom observation for evaluation
purpose. Factors, which were identified as corroborating to supervision, were teachers'
attitude to supervision, training in supervision student motivation and parent teacher
interaction
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Supervision In Selected Secondary Schools of Addis Ababa