Unit 6 : Supervision is Communication

Name   : CANDRADEWI  WAHYU  ANGGRAENI / 0203513035

Class    : EDUCATIONAL   MANAGEMENT & SUPERVISION

Time    : MONDAY at 07.00-09.30  in D18

Book    : EDU 710  Supervision of Instruction in Education

Unit     : 6

             

Supervision is Communication

            Communication is an important core in socialization with others. Besides, there is no exception to a supervisor for having a good communication. The supervisor also needs communication to supervise the case. The topic “supervision is communication” covers three main aspects that are important to be grasped. Those are the nature of communication, the role of emotion in communication, and extra communication tasks of the supervisor. The nature of communication deals with three viewpoints of the communication term. Those three points can be compiled as the communication is the way to transmit information, emotion, values, insight in order to share individuals feelings, purposes, and knowledge so that the individuals know what another thinks, feel, or believes. It shows that communication takes valuable part in a society since it contributes to the success of socialization with others. 

            In communication, emotion has a core function to the quality of communication. Therefore, it is essential to know the role of emotion in communication in order to get successful communication. It is not easy to get successful communication because there will be emotional disturbance that should be managed. The effect of emotional disturbance of individuals and lack of trust among member groups restrict the communication. It also makes the individual do not focus on what should be done. For instance, someone who get the emotional disturbance is unwilling to take the time to consider others idea until his or her disturbance is diminished. A trust feeling is notable for a supervisor since it helps the supervisor to increase the communication with the people involved. Furthermore, emotions represent the first with which a supervisor must be focused. 

            Talking about emotional disturbance cannot be separated by barriers to communication. The barriers to communication cover people use symbols on words that have different meaning, members of the group have different value, emphasis on status, conflict in interest, making decision by the majority vote rather than seeking consensus, attempt to keep feeling out of the discussion, use of words to prevent thinking, vested interest, and feeling of superiority. Furthermore, a supervisor have to cope the barriers to communication in order to be responsible in supervising, so that there will not misunderstand among the individuals. 

            Moreover there are several extra communication task of the supervisor in order to achieve the success of communication. Since the supervisor has the role as a sender, a receiver, and a facilitator, it is needed for the supervisor to encourage people to know and value each other.  The supervisor also provides opportunities for social interaction and helps people to get information about the backgrounds and achievements of others. In addition, the supervisor needs to provide physical arrangement in which contribute to better communication. The physical arrangement deal with four points; 1) make sure about the location for the meetings and conferences that are planned, 2) seek to identify areas of agreement and areas of disagreement, 3) seek to develop permissive atmosphere, 4) reflect to the group what we think the group has said. All in all, a good supervision deals with a good communication, since supervision is communication.

Supervision is Communication