Abstract
This research aims to
determine opinions of high school teachers about principals’ behaviors during classroom
observations, to find out ‘adoption’ level of behaviors by teachers and
‘display’ levels of behaviors by principals and to discover any meaningful differences
between two levels according to variables of gender, seniority, branch of study
and type of school. Descriptive survey model was used. Sample is 404 high
school teachers in Kastamonu. Data was
collected via Likert-Type scale created by the researcher. According to results,
there are no significant differences for gender, but opinions alter for seniority in both dimensions. Though there are
no significant differences for the branch of study, significant differences
were found in all factors in ‘display’ dimension for type of high school. When
‘adoption’ and ‘display’ levels are compared, significant differences were
found in all factors. It was found out that teachers attach importance to classroom
observation processes but they have some expectations in terms of the behaviors
demonstrated by principals. First, teachers expect their opinions to be taken
into consideration during decision making phases of observation processes.
Moreover, they expect their principals to demonstrate more democratic behaviors
during observations