The supervisory competencies of physical education supervisors from the point of view of physical education teachers

Abstract

The study aimed at identifying the level of the supervisory competencies of physical education supervisors from the point of view of (PE) teachers. The researcher applied the descriptive method, and the study population comprised all the male and female teachers of physical education in Irbid in the first semester of the academic year 2019/2020 (n=240). The study sample included (144) male and female teachers accounting for (60%) of the study population. A questionnaire is designed to measure the level of the supervisory competencies of physical education supervisors from the point of view of (PE) teachers. It consisted of (24) items distributed over four domains (Personal competencies, curriculum development competencies, competencies for providing services required for the educational process, competencies for establishing human relations between workers). The coefficients of the instrument were calculated by using the content validity, and the total reliability coefficient amounted (0.88), and the data were processed by (SPSS). The results showed that the level of the supervisory competencies of physical education supervisors from the point of view of (PE) teachers was medium in all domains. The overall mean was (3.60) with (72.25) relative significance. And it also showed that there are no statistically significant differences in the level of the supervisory competencies of supervisors attributed to the gender variable. The results also showed that there are no statistically significant differences in the level of the supervisory competencies of supervisors in the domains of (Personal competencies, competencies for providing services required for the educational process, competencies for establishing human relations between workers) Attributed to the variables of academic qualification and experience years. While it also showed that there are statistically significant differences in the level of supervisory competencies of supervisors in the domain of curriculum development competencies, and in favor of a higher academic qualification than a bachelor's, and experience less than 5 years.