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Educational Management

Notes Self Assessment

2. State whether the following statements are ‘true’ or ‘false’.
(i) organization refers to be structured responsibilities and relationships allocated to the various
executive and supervisory positions in the field of employment.
(ii) The leadership oriented organization is based upon leadership instead of authority.
(iii) In vertical organizations supervisors work only higher level.

(iv) The principles of democracy necessitate only a small amount of participation of educational
workers.

19.10 Summary

• Planning ensures close study of needs and resources
• Planning stimulates Professional effort
• Planning clarifies the what and why of the educative process
• Planning gives security and confidence to the workers
• Planning provides the criteria for evaluation
• Objectives of Planning the Supervisory Programme :
• The purpose of supervision is to improve instruction. The supervisory programme has to meet
four points. These are : “(1) helping teachers with their individual problems, (2) coordinating
the total instructional program, (3) providing for the continuous inservice development of
teachers and staff, and (4) providing proper and adequate instructional materials.”
• The planning of supervisory programme should be undertaken with the following objectives in
view :
(i) Unification and integration of educational effort
(ii) Improvement of the knowledge and skills of the teacher
(iii) Incorporation of the latest trends
(iv) Improvement of the teaching-learning situation
(v) Promotion of Good Relationships
• Principles of Planning the Supervisory Programme
• The main purpose of supervision is to improve instruction. This requires critical thinking and
so the supervisory programme has to be based on intelligent thought process. Dewey says.
(i) The supervisory programme should be formulated co-operatively : The democratic philosophy
of education demands that administrators, supervisors, teachers, pupils and the members
of the community, all should participate in formulating the programme.
(ii) The supervisory programme should be derived from the situation : The proryamme should
be based on the facts of the situation, the physical and material setting and the needs of the
persons involved.
(iii) The supervisory programme should be planned with an experimental outlook
(iv) The supervisory programme should be flexible
(v) The Supervisory Programme should have provide for its own appraisal
• Steps in Planning the Supervisory Programme

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