Teachers' Perceptions of Instructional Supervision: Lessons Learned From Chinese Teachers' Authentic Voices

• In Event: 16.059 - Developing Instructional Leadership Across a Continuum: Voices From the Field

Abstract

This study aims to investigate Chinese teachers’ perceptions of supervision and how their views fit with the different approaches to supervision (e.g., scientific management versus normative sharing approaches). The author interviewed six elementary school teachers and five university teachers in China. The preliminary results showed that Chinese teachers perceived supervisors as teachers, leaders, and inspectors. The scientific management, human resource, and normative sharing approaches to supervision seem to co-exist in China’s schooling contexts. However, the teachers desired the human resource and normative sharing approaches to supervision in the future.

Authors

• Chang Liu, The Pennsylvania State University

• Chiau-Wen Jang, The Pennsylvania State University - University Park

• Bernard J. Badiali, The Pennsylvania State University