Between Prometheus and Epimetheus; the role of supervision in a diverse and changing context

Authors

  • Mariano Fernández Enguita

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23824/ase.v0i21.85

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Abstract

No matter that bibliography on the functions of educational supervision rarely forgets to mention the trilogy control-assessment-mentoring, the professional collective looks always divided between its roles as control device or as avant-garde, i.e. on its interventions ex ante and ex post. But its real role is more related to a peculiar response to the problem of the span of control in a loosely coupled system in which a professional group very jealous about its own autonomy dominates organizations. And its future, in the context of informational society, could be finally more related with a posteriori assessment and accountability than with a priori guidance and counseling; that is, it could be more Epimethean than Promethean, and for good.

How to Cite

Fernández Enguita, M. (2014). Between Prometheus and Epimetheus; the role of supervision in a diverse and changing context. Avances En Supervisión Educativa, (21). https://doi.org/10.23824/ase.v0i21.85

Issue

No. 21: June (2014). Papers and Communications of the VIII Congress of Adide-Andalucía, of the XII Congress of Adide-Castilla y León and of the VII Congress of Adide-Aragón

Section

VII Congreso ADIDE-Aragón

Published

2014-06-01

Keywords:

school supervision, innovation, assessment, accountability, teaching profession

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