Clinical Supervision and Teachers’ Preparation for Teaching in Universal Primary Education Schools of Mbarara City in Southwestern Uganda
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Clinical Supervision, Teachers, Preparation, Teaching, Education, SchoolsAbstract
This study determined the relationship between clinical supervision and teachers’ preparation for teaching. It employed a cross-sectional research design where a quantitative approach was used. The researcher used a sample size of 268 respondents. The study findings showed a strong positive statistically significant relationship between clinical supervision and teachers’ preparation (r =0.913**, p = 0.004).
It was concluded that there is a significant relationship between clinical supervision and teachers’ preparation for teaching in Universal Primary Education Schools of Mbarara City. The government and the Ministry of Education and Sports should provide policy guidelines and clinical supervision materials to all the head teachers to facilitate the implementation of clinical supervision by head teachers in Universal Primary Education Schools.
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