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Supervision   /sˌupərvˈɪʒən/   Listen
Supervision

noun
1.
Management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group.  Synonyms: oversight, superintendence, supervising.






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"Supervision" Quotes from Famous Books



... better that a large Sunday school be maintained under efficient leadership than that a number of small schools with indifferent teachers should be maintained in various school districts. The larger body can have better leadership. It is more closely under the supervision of the minister, who is generally the superior in education of the laymen, and the social value of the meetings of the Sunday school will be greater in the larger body. All the arguments which make for the centralization of the day school have ...
— The Evolution of the Country Community - A Study in Religious Sociology • Warren H. Wilson

... Army, Naval Command, Air and Air Defense Forces, Militia; note - by late 1994, the army and former RENAMO rebels had demobilized; under UN supervision and training, recruits from both the army and rebel forces joined an integrated ...
— The 1995 CIA World Factbook • United States Central Intelligence Agency

... had some advantages. My father's training, as I have said, was practical, the course at the commercial college had taught me the rudiments of business, and I thus had a groundwork to build upon. I was fortunate, also, in working under the supervision of the bookkeeper, who was a fine disciplinarian, ...
— Random Reminiscences of Men and Events • John D. Rockefeller

... Under expert supervision, this simple weir is an exact contrivance—exact enough, in fact, for the finest calculations required in engineering work. To find out how many cubic feet of water the stream is delivering at any moment, all that is necessary is to measure its ...
— Electricity for the farm - Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water - wheel or farm engine • Frederick Irving Anderson

... interpret current efforts of this type. From the standpoint of state administration he has contributed much definite information and constructive suggestion as to how the State shall respond to the fundamental need for (1) more money, (2) better organization, and (3) real supervision for rural schools. ...
— New Ideals in Rural Schools • George Herbert Betts


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