Educational supervision : perspective issues and controversies /
edited by Jefffrey Glanz, Richard F. Neville
- xxvi, 372 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Controversial critical issues -- Should supervision be abolished? -- Can we put back the S in ASCD? -- Do teachers benefit from supervision? -- Is the estrangement between curriculum and supervision reconcilable? -- Can a supervisor be a coach? -- Has the field of supervision evolved to a point that it should be called something else? -- Is a collegial relationship possible between supervisors and teachers? -- Is staff development supervision? -- Should there be national standards in the preparation of supervisors? -- Should educational supervision be influenced by business management practices? -- Is clinical supervision a viable model for use in public schools? -- Will technology replace the role of the supervisor? Perspectives on critical issues -- How can we move toward a community theory of supervision? Wrong theory/wrong practice -- Is supervision more than the surveillance of instruction? -- What is the new supervisory role in an age of complexity? -- How does the law affect educational supervision? -- Why is advocacy for diversity in appointing supervisory leaders a moral imperative?