Abstract
The purpose of this research was to study the need assessment of internal supervision in secondary schools under the jurisdiction of the Office of Basic Education Commission, Thailand. A total of 944 teachers participated in the survey using multistage random sampling. The five scopes of internal supervision were investigated, namely, academic in curriculum development, development of learning process, evaluation and comparison of grades transfer, development of innovative media and digital technology, and educational supervision using a 43-items questionnaire. The need assessment results showed that the development of innovative media and digital technology (PNImodified=0.373) is the most essential scope of internal supervision according to respondents’ perceptions. This is followed by the development of the learning process (PNImodified=0.267), educational supervision (PNImodified=0.262), and evaluation and comparison of grades transfer (PNImodified=0.257). The least capacity scope is academic in curriculum development (PNImodified=0.246). The overall results imply that supervisors or school principals should attempt to ensure that internal supervisions are regularly operated to improve the teaching and learning process by paying more attention to the scope of development of innovative media and digital technology without ignoring the other four scopes.
Highlights
Educational supervision is considered as a deliberate attempt targeted towards achieving methods of enhancing the consequence of each educational institution (Adu, Akinloye, & Olaoye, 2014)
The PNImodified results revealed that the development of innovative media and digital technology was found to have the greatest gap between the current conditions and desirable conditions
This is followed by the development of the learning process, educational supervision, and evaluation and comparison of grades transfer
Summary
Educational supervision is considered as a deliberate attempt targeted towards achieving methods of enhancing the consequence of each educational institution (Adu, Akinloye, & Olaoye, 2014). Glanz emphasized the importance of educational supervision on raising standards and promoting curricular offerings to raise academic achievement as the national movement towards standards-based education educational supervision has been a long-established educational reform. Alumode and Awulor-Hephzibah (2020) emphasized the importance of supervisors to have a clear understanding of what they want in supervision and how they can go about in achieving the purposes of internal supervision. Even though internal supervision practice has mirrored in regard to education and curriculum, little attention has been paid to the needs of assessment scopes. Glanz (2021) highlighted the nature of internal supervision as a scientific inquiry to supervisory theories and practices that have gained attention and legitimacy amidst the prevailing standards-based educational environment
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