UDUMA EMMANUEL OGBONNIA (Ph.D.)
DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY EDUCATION EBONYI STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION IKWO
Abstract.
This study investigated external supervisory practices in secondary schools in Ebonyi State. The purpose of the study was to find out external supervisory practices in secondary schools. Such supervisory practices include enforcement of stipulated rule and standards, classroom visitation, classroom lesson observation, classroom lesson discussion and teacher’s motivations. Five research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study was 3,266 tutorial staff and principals of 223 Government owned Secondary Schools in Ebonyi State. Six hundred teachers and principals were sampled using 18.5%. A simple random sampling technique was used. A structured questionnaire titled ?External Supervisory Practice Questionnaire? (ESPQ) was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by six experts in the department of Educational Foundations as well as Science Education department. It was trial tested on 50 respondents not included in the main sample of the study from Abia State to determine the reliability using Cronbach Alpha which yielded reliability co-efficient of 0.95. Mean and Standard Deviation were used to answer the research questions while the t-test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The result of the findings indicated that teachers and Principals negatively perceived enforcement of stipulated rules and standards as supervisory practice which generates fears and resentment in them. Male and female teachers and principals negatively perceived supervisor’s classroom visitation as obstruction on their instructional practice as well as making them unsafe. Rural and urban teachers and principals negatively perceived classroom lesson observation as what makes supervisors focus on their competence on instructional strategies. Teachers and principals positively perceived classroom lesson discussion as action that makes them to know their areas of strengths and weaknesses in their instructional practice. Based on the findings, the study recommended that Government through her relevant agencies should endeavor to send well trained supervisors to schools who should adopt democratic approach while supervising teachers. Government should also improve the conditions of service provided to teachers and principals, among other recommendation through regular payment of salaries, allowances and promotions Key words: Teacher’s perception and External supervisory practices
Key words: Teacher’s perception and External supervisory practices.
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