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Fundamentals of Adminsitration Curriculum and Supervision

Running Head : Fundamentals of Administration Curriculum and Supervision

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Introduction

Administration curriculum and supervision in education developed out of the desire to run schools under laid down skills , rules and guidelines This was supposed to be carried out by professors and educational practitioners . In the 18thcentury this process was governed by professionally unskilled men from the local community

The administration process in education is comprised of government officials in charge of education that is from the ministry o education the professors , curriculum

developers and designers , heads of schools and the teachers ' staff . The curriculum involves stakeholders in education , professors and teachers . Supervision consists of almost the members in administration with others like inspectors and invigilators These are charged with the role of monitoring the implementation of programmes in schools (Doll , W .E .1993

In this am concerned with the fundamentals of administration that is main the main areas of responsibility in administration , challenges that leaders face in education , the curriculum in the American society and the supervision process in education as well as problems encountered in supervision in schools . The three factors are important in the education system because schools are run by programmmes , set of rules and guidelines which can only be done by administrators , curriculum developers and supervisors

Fundamentals of administration

Administration is used to mean governance or a body of rules regulations and programmes that guide the running of an organization . In the education context it is the management in schools or educational institutions . This process is very important since it facilitates effectiveness and efficiency in planning and running school programmes .There are several departments in the sector of education and just like any other organization it needs experts in different fields to perform the function of governance . In my opinion the various main areas of responsibility in administration are as follows

The area of selection of content , which can also be referred to as leaning activities . Education in any society is supposed to mould learners to become useful members to the society and develop the culture of that particular society . Therefore administrators have the responsibility to ensure that what is placed in the curriculum is useful and will enable students achieve the objectives and goals of that education system . This is the reason why administrators in education should be professionally equipped with knowledge and skills so as to enable the come up with sensible decisions in education (Marshall and Oliva2006

Selection and recruitment of personnel in education sector is yet another area that calls for administration . In the modern world unlike in the past , selection of experts to run and play different roles in education is supposed to follow some rules and qualifications of the candidates . The modern world is full of advancements and inventions especially in technology , thus during recruitment some criteria has to be developed by experts already in administration so that competence is maintained throughout in education . The administration plays the responsibility of selecting students to join various...

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