Tutors’ perception of principals’ instructional supervision in colleges of education in Ghana

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to examine tutors’ perception of principals’ effective instructional supervision in Colleges of Education in Ghana. The study employed cross-sectional descriptive survey design. The population of the study was tutors of Colleges of Education in Ghana. The study made use of questionnaire developed by the researcher. Stratified and quota sampling techniques were used. Three hundred respondents were used in the study. Means and standard deviations were used to analyse data on the research questions. One-way multiple analysis of variance (MANOVA) was used to test both hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed that tutors in Colleges of Education in Ghana held positive perception on principals’ effective instructional supervision with regard to techniques, supervisory roles and functions and skills and abilities. The findings further showed that tutors held negative perception on the challenges faced by principals in carrying out effective instructional supervision. The study, however, found no significant gender difference in tutors’ perception in instructional supervision and statistically significant difference in years of experience of tutors’ perception of principals’ instructional supervision. The study recommends that, principals should continue to maintain effective line of communication and make concise decisions in Colleges of Educations. There should be more orientation programs on instructional supervision for beginning tutors. Also, principals should have high professional qualifications and organize in-service training on instructional supervision for themselves and tutors in order to be more effective in carrying out instructional supervision in the Colleges of Education.