Challenges School Principals Facing in the Context of Technology Leadership

Autor/in	Sincar, Mehmet
Titel	Challenges School Principals Facing in the Context of Technology Leadership
Quelle	In: Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 13 (2013) 2, S.1273-1284 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1303-0485
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Principals; Semi Structured Interviews; Validity; Reliability; Interrater Reliability; Standards; Qualitative Research; Urban Schools; Educational Technology; Instructional Leadership; Administrative Organization; Educational Resources; Educational Innovation; Inservice Teacher Education; Technology Uses in Education; Leadership Responsibility; Attitudes; Faculty Development; Resistance to Change; Elementary Schools; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Principal; Schulleiter; Gültigkeit; Reliabilität; Interrater-Reliabilität; Standard; Qualitative Forschung; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Unterrichtsmedien; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Bildungsmittel; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Lehrerfortbildung; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Türkei
Abstract	The purpose of this study is to determine the challenges school principals facing in the context of technology leadership. This is a qualitative case study guided by the National Educational Technology Standards for Administrators (NETS*A). Six elementary school principals working in a large city in southeastern Turkey participated into the study. The data were collected through face-to-face interviews via a semi-structured interview protocol. The data collection tool was developed through pilot studies based on expert opinions. The data were analyzed through a thematic approach and validity and reliability were investigated via peer-review, member checking, and inter-coder reliability processes. The findings show that in assuming their roles as technology leaders school principals face various challenges, including bureaucracy, lack of resources, resistance to innovation, lack of in-service training, and poverty. Based on the findings, various measures are recommended to diminish bureaucratic obstacles and organize sustainable in-service training activities in order to overcome the challenges that school principals are facing in the context of technology leadership. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10