TY - JOUR
T1 - Preparing Instructional Supervisors for Educational Change
T2 - Empirical Evidence From the Sultanate of Oman
AU - Al-Kiyumi, Amal
AU - Hammad, Waheed
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2020/4
Y1 - 2020/4
N2 - This article reports on findings from a larger research project examining instructional supervision in the Sultanate of Oman. It sought to explore how teacher supervisors perceived their preparation for the current education reforms. To realize this objective, the study adopted a qualitative research design. Data were collected using semistructured interviews with a sample of teacher supervisors in the Muscat Educational Supervision Directorate. The findings indicate that the supervisors considered their preparation to be inappropriate, reasoning that most of the training programs provided were short theoretical conferences or lectures with no or a few opportunities for practice. The supervisors expressed their need for more adequate and sufficient training to enable them to undertake their new supervisory roles.
AB - This article reports on findings from a larger research project examining instructional supervision in the Sultanate of Oman. It sought to explore how teacher supervisors perceived their preparation for the current education reforms. To realize this objective, the study adopted a qualitative research design. Data were collected using semistructured interviews with a sample of teacher supervisors in the Muscat Educational Supervision Directorate. The findings indicate that the supervisors considered their preparation to be inappropriate, reasoning that most of the training programs provided were short theoretical conferences or lectures with no or a few opportunities for practice. The supervisors expressed their need for more adequate and sufficient training to enable them to undertake their new supervisory roles.
KW - Oman
KW - educational change
KW - educational leadership
KW - instructional supervision
KW - leadership preparation
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U2 - 10.1177/2158244020935905
DO - 10.1177/2158244020935905
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85087064708
SN - 2158-2440
VL - 10
JO - SAGE Open
JF - SAGE Open
IS - 2
ER -