The Wiley Handbook of Educational Supervision [Hardcover]

An authoritative guide to educational supervision in today’s complex environment

The Wiley Handbook of Educational Supervision offers a comprehensive resource that explores the evolution of supervision through contributions from a panel of noted experts. The text explores a wealth of topics including recent and dramatic changes in the complex context of today’s schools. This important resource:

• Describes supervision in a historical context
• Includes a review of adult learning and professional community
• Reviews new teacher preparation and comprehensive induction systems
• Contains perspectives on administrative feedback, peer coaching and collaboration
• Presents information on professional development and job-embedding learning
• Examines policy and implementation challenges in teacher evaluation

Written for researchers, policy analysts, school administrators and supervisors, The Wiley Handbook of Educational Supervision draws on concepts, theories and research from other closely related fields of study to enhance and challenge our understanding of educational supervision.

Notes on Contributors ix

Acknowledgments xvii

1 Introduction 1
Sally J. Zepeda and Judith A. Ponticell

Part I Context 15

2 A Policy and Political History of Educational Supervision 17
W. Kyle Ingle and Jane Clark Lindle

3 Foundations of Adult Development and Learning: Implications for Educational Supervision 45
Stephen P. Gordon and Jovita M. Ross‐Gordon

4 Theories of Professions and the Stl#8