Course supervısıons carrıed out by educatıonal inspectors and school managers

The purpose of this study is to determine the superior and inferior features of course supervisions carried out by educational inspectors and school managers in formal primary schools. The study was conducted with qualitative research method and the participants consisted of 8 primary school managers and 22 teachers working in Kadınhanı, Sarayönü, Selçuklu and Yunak districts of Konya in 2015-2016 academic year. According to the results, school managers and teachers think that course supervision carried out by educational inspectors is superior in terms of “objectivity” and is inferior in terms of “being short-term”. It is found that course supervision carried out by school managers is superior in terms of “continuity and closeness” and is inferior in terms of “insufficient information and experience”, “personal relationships” and “subjectivity”. The managers think that course supervisions should be conducted respectively by school managers, inspectors, parents and students. However, the teachers believe that the course cupervisions should be conducted respectively by school managers, students, branch teachers, parents and inspectors. Some of the teachers stated that conducting course supervisions in order to evaluate the teachers is not necessary. Suggestions were made based on these results. © The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology