• RecordNumber
    2335
  • Author

    Nelson, Barbara Scott

  • Crop_Body
    Annette Sassi
  • Title of Article

    Shifting Approaches to Supervision: The Case of Mathematics Supervision

  • Title Of Journal
    Educational Administration Quarterly
  • PublishInfo
    The University Council for Educational Administration
  • Publication Year
    2000
  • Volum
    36
  • Issue Number
    4
  • Page
    553-584
  • Abstract
    Standards-basedinstructionalreformhasbeenoccurringinallmajorschoolsubjects. However, administrators’ supervisory practices have generally not taken account of subject-matter content but have focused primarily on pedagogical process. This article addresseshowadministratorscanbettersupportstandards-basedinstructionbyshifting theirapproachestosupervisiontoattendtotheintersectionofprocessandcontent.The article reports on a study that looked at what administrators thought significant when viewingthesamevideotapeofafifth-grademathematicslessonatthebeginningandend ofaprofessionaldevelopmentseminaronsupervision.Itdescribesthedifferentinterpretationsofthesameeventsatthesetwotimestoillustratetheemergenceofnewprinciples toguidetheexerciseofadministrators’professionaljudgmentinclassroomobservation and supervision. The article concludes that there is a need to bring adequate subject-matterknowledgetotheprocessofsupervisionandsuggestsseveralpossibledirections for achieving this shift.
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