The Wiley Handbook of Educational Supervision

<p><b>An authoritative guide to educational supervision in today’s complex environment</b></p> <p><i>The Wiley Handbook of Educational Supervision </i>offers a comprehensive resource that explores the evolution of supervision through contributions from a panel of noted experts. The text explores a wealth of topics including recent and dramatic changes in the complex context of today’s schools. This important resource:</p> <ul> <li>Describes supervision in a historical context</li> <li>Includes a review of adult learning and professional community</li> <li>Reviews new teacher preparation and comprehensive induction systems</li> <li>Contains perspectives on administrative feedback, peer coaching and collaboration</li> <li>Presents information on professional development and job-embedding learning</li> <li>Examines policy and implementation challenges in teacher evaluation</li> </ul> <p>Written for researchers, policy analysts, school administrators and supervisors, <i>The Wiley Handbook of Educational Supervision</i> draws on concepts, theories and research from other closely related fields of study to enhance and challenge our understanding of educational supervision.</p>