STYLES OF SUPERVISORS IN PRE-OBSERVATION CONFERENCES

Abstract This study was designed to find out the supervisory styles of a novice and an experienced supervisor in pre-observation conferences and the effects of the styles on the lesson plans by audio-recording the pre-observation conferences they conduct with student teachers and collecting lesson plans of student teachers. Using the frequencies of all behaviors, the supervisory styles of the supervisors were detected and the behaviors of the novice and experienced supervisor were compared. Moreover, student teachers" lesson plans on which the supervisors gave feedback in the pre-observation conferences were compared with the transcripts of the conferences in order to find the effects of supervisory styles on lesson plans. The analysis of the data showed that the novice and the experienced supervisor applied a wide range of behaviors; there were some similarities and differences between them. The lesson plans of student teachers revealed that the student teachers applied changes in their lesson plans after pre-observation conferences. A number of implications were drawn from the study for pre-service teacher education, teaching practicum and the training of supervisors