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Fullan, Michael G.; And Others – 1987
This report summarizes a two-year study of supervisory officers in Ontario. The research focused on what supervisory officers do, what skills they need, how they are prepared and selected, and how they experience the job in terms of satisfaction and effectiveness. A stratified sample of 25 boards and 4 ministry offices was selected for indepth…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications
Pickering, Marisue; And Others – 1987
The review of the literature on supervision research in Human Communication Disorders examined papers given at the national conventions of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) from 1972 to 1987, dissertations from 1965 to 1987, and professional journals from 1972 to 1987. Patterns and trends in the conference presentations are…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Higher Education, Practicum Supervision, Professional Education
Moy, Caryl T.; Goodman, Earl O. – 1983
A common assumption in family therapy supervision is that the relationship between supervisor and supervisee changes over time, following a developmental continuum from the tentative competency of the supervisee as a therapist to relative competency. In particular, Ard (1973) theorizes that supervisees and supervisors move steadily together…
Descriptors: Competence, Counselor Performance, Counselor Training, Family Counseling
Goldsberry, Lee; And Others – 1985
Analysis of the responses to telephone and personal interviews by 21 teacher supervisors from six school districts in Pennsylvania revealed three possible patterns of direct supervision of teachers. "Nominal" supervision consists of voicing compliance with statutory requirements for observation of teaching, a clear focus on identifying…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Data Analysis, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Jonas, R. Stevan; Blumberg, Arthur – 1986
Recent studies of the perceptions of teachers and supervisors about the benefits of teacher supervision show clear disagreement between the two groups. Supervisors see their efforts as helpful to teachers, whereas teachers consider supervision ineffectual. This document reports on research conducted to test the theory that positive…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems
Gregor, Alexander D., Ed. – 1997
This publication is part of a series that reprints articles on a range of thematic issues published in the "Canadian Journal of Higher Education." This collection focuses on graduate education in Canada. After a preface and an introduction, the five articles are: "Graduate Student Supervision Policies and Procedures: A Case Study of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Doctoral Degrees, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students
Grimmett, Peter P. – 1983
A study found that conceptual functioning level emerged as an important variable in distinguishing between effective and less effective supervisory intervention. Four supervisors, with their respective supervisees, participated in the study. Participants were videotaped and observed, and transcripts of conference dialogues and participant thought…
Descriptors: Feedback, Helping Relationship, Higher Education, Leadership Styles
Stewart, Sunita; Alpert, Murray – 1983
Recent studies in counselor training have focused on the trainee/supervisor relationship, with little empirical research on the supervisor and trainee qualities that may contribute to a successful experience. To explore the supervisor and trainee characteristics that may contribute to high quality training, 40 pairs of trainees and supervisors in…
Descriptors: Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Educators, Counselor Training, Graduate Students
Sistrunk, Walter E.; Sistrunk, Patricia D. – 1985
This study was conducted, using the Supervisory Behavior Description Questionnaire (SBDQ) Form 1, to determine if there were significant differences in the supervisory behaviors of secondary school principals, secondary vocational directors, and community college academic deans as these supervisory behaviors were perceived by the teachers in these…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Evaluation, Behavior Rating Scales, Comparative Analysis

Ashkanasy, Neal M. – Journal of Social Psychology, 1991
Presents a study extending a model of leadership response based on attribution theories to include measures of locus of control and situational control. Describes a procedure by which subjects responded to descriptions of subordinate performance. Concludes that supervisors with an external locus of control were less sensitive to subordinate…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Interpersonal Relationship
Sistrunk, Walter E.; And Others – 1983
Two data-gathering instruments, the Supervisory Behavior Description Questionnaire (SBDQ) and the derivative Supervising Teacher Behavior Description Questionnaire (STBDQ), are described in one paper and employed in three others in this symposium series. Both forms are useful in evaluating perceived behaviors of supervisory educational personnel,…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Behavior Patterns, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Farmer, Stephen S.; And Others – 1983
The study attempted to determine whether monolingual English-speaking supervisors and bilingual-bicultural supervisors would provide markedly different supervision management to bilingual (English-Spanish) student clinicians in audiology/speech pathology. After viewing each of 10 video-tapes of Spanish language therapy sessions for 2 preschool…
Descriptors: Audiology, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Lyman, Lawrence – 1987
This paper examines factors that promote and diminish teacher trust in the instructional supervision process. Trust--key to the supervisor's success in helping teachers change behaviors--is correlated with such factors as confidentiality, approach to dealing with complaints, and the development of collaboration and participation in supervisory…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Cooperative Planning, Elementary Secondary Education