AWARENESS OF THE EDUCATIONAL SUPERVISORS IN JORDAN TO THEIR SUPERVISORY BELIEFS (EDUCATIONAL SUPERVISORS IN THE DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION IN THE PROVINCE OF JERASH) (CASE STUDY)

Abstract

This study aimed to know the awareness of educational supervisors in the Directorate of Education in Jerash in terms of their supervisory beliefs .A simple random sample consisted of (24) educational supervisors who work in the Directorate of Education was chosen .The researchers used the Descriptive Survey Method because it fits with the objectives of the study. The beliefs reveal scale developed by (Sulliun & Glanz, 2000) was applied. The study found that only (16.6%) of supervisors are aware of their supervisory beliefs , while (83.4%) of them are not through the results which included showed the differences between what the supervisor imagine himself and what was shown by the scale applied to his supervisory practices. Accordingly, the study recommended that supervisors shall be subject to training to be aware of their beliefs and to have the ability to examine them ,as well as analyzing of the difference between the beliefs that supervisor perceives and his true beliefs.