Abstract:
The objectives of this study were 1) to develop an instructional supervision process based on the feedback approach to enhance growth mindset in instruction of pre-service teachers and 2) to study the effect of the developed process. The study consists of 4 stages; 1) Researching for conditions and problems in pre-service teachers instruction management, 2) Developing a draft instructional supervision process, 3) Testing the process, and 4) Developing a complete process. Participants are 10 undergraduate students, majoring in Primary Education who were selected by purposive sampling technique. The research instruments used are an assessment scale of the growth mindset in instruction of pre-service teachers, an instructional behavior observation form and an informal interview form. The quantitative data were analyzed by using the Wilcoxon Matched - pairs Signed rank test and the qualitative data were identified by using a contents analytics technique. The results can be concluded as follows: 1) The developed instructional supervision process based on the feedback approach to enhance growth mindset in instruction of pre-service teachers is a process that the mentor professors and/or the university supervisors use in supervising pre-service teachers according to the normal supervision system. It was used through the reflection of ideas until pre-service teachers have changed the growth mindset in instruction. The process consists of three cycle according to three times of instructional supervision process; 1. Developing the pre-service teachers by setting initial goals according to their needs, 2. Additionally developing the pre-service teachers in the original goals or developing new goals according to their needs, and 3. Developing the pre-service teachers according to the goals shared by them and the supervisors. Each cycle has three steps with different details according to the main focus of a certain cycle. Step (1) Inspiring pre-service teachers to be aware of their teaching goals. This step encourages the pre-service teachers to realize the importance of Student-centered Learning instruction management and the self-development as a teacher, Step (2) Observing the classes and exchanging experiences. In this step, the supervisors will observe pre-service teachers instruction behavior and reflect to them their developments according to the goals and Step (3) Enhance learning for self improvement. This step the supervisors allow pre-service teachers to consider and present ways for self-improvement as well as monitoring themselves and leading themselves to reach their goals. 2) It was found that after participating in the developed instructional supervision process, the average scores in the assessment scale of the growth mindset in instruction of pre-service teachers was significantly higher at the 0.05 level. Overall, all pre-service teachers showed the behaviors that reflected the growth mindset in instruction more clearly than before they have participated in the process. They showed behaviors that reflect their growth mindset towards students by organizing various activities that challenge students ability and encouraged students to complete assignments on their own. They also showed behaviors that reflect growth mindset in themselves as a teacher by demonstrating instruction behaviors with confidence, accepted the mistakes of their instruction and learned to continually improve it.