Human capital development in instructional supervision: window of hope or woe?

Abstract

In a rapidly changing and increasingly globalized world, the success of nations, communities and individuals may be linked, now more than ever before, to how they adapt to change, learn and share knowledge. From a very broad perspective, one can look at why there is the need for development of instructional supervisors in assuring quality teaching and learning. This paper considers the human as an economic agent for society; it looks at the belief system that characterizes supervision in Ghana. After a careful review of some selected literature it concludes the study with a discussion of analysis of data gathered by means of survey instruments using structured interviews administered on some experienced persons in the field of education with emphasis on instructional supervision and leadership. The findings points to the fact that it is worthwhile to develop the human capital of instructional supervisors. The study consequently recommended that the state and the individual are the principal funders of such capacity building avenues and as such an agreed framework should be built for it.