English abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the educational supervision
obstacles in Learning Disabilities Program as perceived by supervisors and
school principalsin the Sultanate of Oman. The study sample consisted of 319
supervisors and school principals who responded to a questionnaire consisting
of 51 items. The questionnaire was distributed into the following domains:
Administrative obstacles, technical obstacles, personal obstacles, and financial
obstacles. Results indicated that the degree of obstacles in financial and
administrative was high as perceived by supervisors, but the degree perceived
by school principals on all questionnaire dimensions was average. Results also
showed that there were significant differences in perceiving personal obstacles
due to supervisors' qualification, but these differences were not reported by
school principals. Additionally, Results indicated that there were no significant
differences due to the governorate variable as perceived by supervisors and
school principals. Accordingly, the study recommended to provide a budget for
the special education departments in the educational governorates, get school
principals involved in workshops of learning disabilities, and give supervisors
and school principals authorization to supervise the Learning Disabilities
Program.
