An authoritative guide to educational supervision in today’s complex environment
The Wiley Handbook of Educational Supervision
offers a comprehensive resource that explores the evolution of supervision through contributions from a panel of noted experts. The text explores a wealth of topics including recent and dramatic changes in the complex context of today’s schools. This important resource:
Describes supervision in a historical context
Includes a review of adult learning and professional community
Reviews new teacher preparation and comprehensive induction systems
Contains perspectives on administrative feedback, peer coaching and collaboration
Presents information on professional development and job-embedding learning
Examines policy and implementation challenges in teacher evaluation
Written for researchers, policy analysts, school administrators and supervisors,
draws on concepts, theories and research from other closely related fields of study to enhance and challenge our understanding of educational supervision.