Teaching practice supervision ‐‐ a research report^∗

The belief systems of university supervisors in an elementary student‐teaching program

“…However, despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of studies have ignored the 'organizing content' of supervision, the kind of research we are proposing is not without precedent. Boothroyd's (1979) analysis of the ideas and actions of a group of university tutors in the UK is one example of the kind of research that we feel is needed. At present, research on the thought processes of supervisors is at the same stage of development as research on teaching behavior was in the early 1960s.…”