@article{article_304234, title={Problematic Course Supervision within Turkish Education System}, journal={Cukurova University Faculty of Education Journal}, volume={46}, pages={298–367}, year={2017}, DOI={10.14812/cuefd.304234}, author={Köse, AKİF}, keywords={Supervision,Course Supervision,Teacher,School Administrator,Inspector}, abstract={<table class="MsoTableGrid" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="574" style="border:none;"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="392" valign="top" style="width:293.85pt;border:none;border-top:solid 1pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-us">This research aims to reveal the views of teachers, school administrators and inspectors on the necessity of course supervision and, if necessary, by whom they are conducted. </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> Having a qualitative research design, data were obtained through interviews. </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-us">The research sample consisted of ten teachers and ten school administrators working at state schools affiliated with the Kahramanmaras Provincial Directorate of National Education and ten inspectors working in Kahramanmaras Provincial Directorate of National Education. A semi-structured interview form was used during the interviews. Content analysis method was used to determine the conceptualization of the data obtained as a result of the interviews and to organize them in a logical way. </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Analyses have revealed that course supervision should be done, and it requires expertise; moreover the participants are of the view that school administrators are not experts in course supervision and that course supervision should be done by inspectors. In addition, some positive and negative aspects exist in course supervision performed by school administrators and inspectors, and the negative aspects of course supervision by the inspectors mostly derive from system. Various recommendations have been provided. Supervisors may be developed with in-service training and courses in terms of supervision; supervisory competencies may be taken into account in the selection of school administrators; school inspectors may take active roles in supervision work and school administrators can work in coordination with inspectors during supervision process. The survey also recommends that the Ministry of National Education be able to put in place an audit that is appropriate to the Turkish education system in line with the views of all stakeholders. </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> </span> </p> <p> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>}, number={2}, publisher={Cukurova University} }