Competency, leadership and technology use by principals
Principals have a major responsibility for initiating and implementing school change through the use of information and communications technology and can facilitate complex decisions to integrate it into learning, teaching and school administration. However, there is less information about the curre...
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The International Journal of Learning
2009
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| author | Afshari, Mojgan Abu Bakar, Kamariah Wong, Su Luan Foo, Say Fooi Abu Samah, Bahaman |
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| description | Principals have a major responsibility for initiating and implementing school change through the use of information and communications technology and can facilitate complex decisions to integrate it into learning, teaching and school administration. However, there is less information about the current status of ICT use by principals, their perceived competence in it, and their leadership style. This paper will report on these issues from an analysis of data gathered from a survey of secondary school principals in Tehran, Iran. The findings indicated that principals spent a few times a week working on their computers. Also, computer competence and transformational leadership contributed significantly to the level of computer use by principals. It was suggested that considerable ongoing professional development opportunities need to be provided for principals to fulfill their role as technology leader. |
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| spelling | upm-74662015-11-20T07:34:14Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7466/ Competency, leadership and technology use by principals Afshari, Mojgan Abu Bakar, Kamariah Wong, Su Luan Foo, Say Fooi Abu Samah, Bahaman Principals have a major responsibility for initiating and implementing school change through the use of information and communications technology and can facilitate complex decisions to integrate it into learning, teaching and school administration. However, there is less information about the current status of ICT use by principals, their perceived competence in it, and their leadership style. This paper will report on these issues from an analysis of data gathered from a survey of secondary school principals in Tehran, Iran. The findings indicated that principals spent a few times a week working on their computers. Also, computer competence and transformational leadership contributed significantly to the level of computer use by principals. It was suggested that considerable ongoing professional development opportunities need to be provided for principals to fulfill their role as technology leader. The International Journal of Learning 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7466/1/Competency.pdf Afshari, Mojgan and Abu Bakar, Kamariah and Wong, Su Luan and Foo, Say Fooi and Abu Samah, Bahaman (2009) Competency, leadership and technology use by principals. The International Journal of Learning, 16 (3). pp. 345-358. ISSN 1447-9494 http://ijl.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.30/prod.2102 English |
| spellingShingle | Afshari, Mojgan Abu Bakar, Kamariah Wong, Su Luan Foo, Say Fooi Abu Samah, Bahaman Competency, leadership and technology use by principals |
| title | Competency, leadership and technology use by principals |
| title_full | Competency, leadership and technology use by principals |
| title_fullStr | Competency, leadership and technology use by principals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Competency, leadership and technology use by principals |
| title_short | Competency, leadership and technology use by principals |
| title_sort | competency, leadership and technology use by principals |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7466/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7466/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7466/1/Competency.pdf |