Teachers’ Perceptions Towards Instructional Supervisory Competences of Educational Quality Assurance and Standards Officers

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dc.contributor.authorMwaniki, Solomon Gitonga
dc.contributor.authorItegi, Florence M.
dc.contributor.authorNjuguna, Felicita W.
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-09T07:58:51Z
dc.date.available2020-11-09T07:58:51Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionA research article published in Journal of Education and Practiceen_US
dc.description.abstractThe main purpose of this study was to assess the existing perceptions of school principals and Heads of Departments (HoDs) towards the instructional supervisory competences of Quality Assurance and Standards Officers (QASOs) in secondary schools in Nairobi and Machakos counties, Kenya. The study aimed to investigate the school principals’ and HoDs’ perceptions towards QASOs’ human, technical and conceptual skills. The study used three types of research instruments, namely; School Principals’ and Heads of Departments’ Questionnaire, Quality Assurance and Standards Officers’ Questionnaire and County Quality Assurance and Standards Officers’ Interview Guide. Data was analyzed used mixed methods, involving qualitative and quantitative techniques. The study revealed that, teachers hold the opinion that QASOs exhibited favorable human relations competences, however, QASOs were found to be partially effective in respect to technical and conceptual competences. The study recommends that the QASOs already in the field to be taken through intensive capacity building trainings in their specific subjects so as to equip them with requisite technical and conceptual competences for conducting instructional supervision.en_US
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Education and Practice. Vol.9, No.32, 2018en_US
dc.identifier.issn2222-1735 (Paper), 2222-288X (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEP/article/view/41656
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/20849
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Knowledge Sharing Platformen_US
dc.subjectQuality Assurance and Standards Officers (QASOs)en_US
dc.subjectinstructional supervisory competencesen_US
dc.subjectTeachers’ perceptionsen_US
dc.titleTeachers’ Perceptions Towards Instructional Supervisory Competences of Educational Quality Assurance and Standards Officersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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