Supervision: A Redefinition

About this book

First published in 1971 and now the best known book in the field Supervision: A Redefinition continues to be the leading text for combining an in-depth view of theory and research for supervision with practical applications. The Seventh Edition continues a thirty-year tradition of breaking new ground by continuously redefining the field of supervision in response to changing school contexts policies and realities. The practical applications are supported by a conception of supervision as moral agency. The book continues to promote a new vision or redefinition of supervision from that of a top-down activity performed by higher-ups in the school hierarchy to one in which supervision is a shared activity involving all stake-holders in the school including teachers administrators and parents. The book sees schools as communities rather than organizations and emphasizes the student-teacher relationship rather than bureaucratic functions.