The Role of Educational Supervisors in Developing Classroom Management from the Perspective of Primary Education Teachers: A Field Study on Primary Education Schools in Al-Sawani Municipality

Abstract

The study aimed to identify and analyze the levels of roles played by educational supervisors from the perspective of primary education teachers in the schools of Al-Swani Municipality. These roles encompass: creating the classroom climate, enhancing student motivation within the classroom, the level of classroom planning, encouraging classroom communication, and classroom management. The study adopted a descriptive-analytical approach and utilized a questionnaire as a data collection tool. The study was applied to a research sample consisting of (38) female teachers from primary education schools in Al-Swani Municipality. The findings revealed a positive and effective level of educational supervisors' role in developing classroom management, with agreement levels ranging between (high) and (very high). Creating the classroom climate ranked first with an arithmetic mean of (4.284), followed by communication encouragement skills with a mean of (4.221), then enhancing student motivation with a mean of (4.211), followed by classroom planning with a mean of (4.205), and finally classroom management skills with a mean of (4.147). Among the study recommends conducting further research addressing the role of educational supervisors and evaluating this role from the perspectives of male and female teachers, school administrations, and the students themselves at appropriate educational stages. Furthermore, the study recommends adopting educational supervisors' directives regarding individual differences and students' health conditions as essential criteria in female teachers' daily lesson planning during classroom instruction. It also recommends designing joint training programs between the educational administration and supervisors to train female teachers.