Trainees' Perceptions of Their Supervisors' Concepts of Implementing and Supervising an Effective Teacher Training Program at Kuwait University: A Case Study (112 - 130)

Abstract

The study examined how trainees in Kuwait University perceived their school and university supervisors’ behavior during the teaching training program. The study also examined which one of the two supervisors delivered a more effective training supervision. Moreover, the study seeks to propose suggestions for the empowerment of the student teaching program participants. A total of 726 trainees participated in the present study. Those students participated in the student teaching programs of 2000/2001 and 2002/2003. The data collected from the participants indicated that the supervisory techniques did not reach the required level as specified in the teaching practice guidebook which was issued by the STC at Kuwait University. The results also showed that the performance of school supervisors was better than that of the university or substitute supervisors, particularly during the observation period, especially in emphasizing to positive characteristics of the trainees’ teaching performance and teaching lessons’ preparations. The 32 items’ mean scored favored the school supervisors in all the areas examined during the training program irrespective of whether the mean differences are statistically significant or not.