Technology Leadership: Principals' Concerns in Leading Schools
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https://doi.org/10.52634/mier/2019/v9/i2/1370Keywords:
Technology Leadership, Training Needs, Strategies, Concerns.Abstract
This paper addresses the concerns of leading technology integration in Malaysian schools. It addresses the status of technology leadership of principals, their challenges and their training needs, to foster adequate technology integration by their teachers. The challenges and the subsequent training needs were discussed in depth to highlight the current status of technology leadership in Malaysian schools. The initiatives that could enhance and expedite the improvement process towards generating strings of technology leaders in the school to raise quality learning across Malaysia have also been discussed.
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2019-11-01
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Sailesh Sharma. (2019). Technology Leadership: Principals’ Concerns in Leading Schools. MIER Journal of Educational Studies Trends and Practices, 9(2), 263–276. https://doi.org/10.52634/mier/2019/v9/i2/1370
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Chang, T. (2004). A study of the relationship between principals' information literacy and the implementation of information technology integrating into teaching (Unpublished master's thesis). National Taichung Teachers College, Taiwan.
Faridah, J. (2011). Technology leadership of school administrators in high performing schools. Unpublished Master's Thesis, National University of Malaysia, Bangi.
Flanagan, L., & Jacobsen, M. (2003). Technology leadership for the twentyfirst century principal. Journal of Educational Administration, 41(2), 124–142.
Hall. & Hord. (2011). Implementation: Learning builds the bridge between research and practice. JSD The Learning Forward Journal, 32(4), 52-57.
Hall, G.E., George, A.A., & Rutherford, W.L. (1986). Measuring stages of concern about the innovation: A manual for the use of the SoC questionnaire. Austin, TX: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory.
Hughes, J. E., McLeod, S., Dikkers, A. G., Brahier, B., & Whiteside, A. (2005). School technology leadership: Theory to practice. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 9(2), 51?55.
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Jamil, S. (2011). Principal's technology leadership in a smart school at Kota Tinggi, Johor. Unpublished Masters in Principalship Project, University of Malaya.
Kamala, S. (2008). Principal as a technology leader in a secondary school in Labu District, Negeri Sembilan. Unpublished Masters in Principalship Project, University of Malaya.
Kannan, S. (2002). A study of managing ability to integrate computer into teaching-learning among smart school teachers. Educational Leadership and Management Journal, 12(2), 126-151.
Kannan, S., Sharma, S., & Zuraidah, A. (2012). Principal's strategies for leading ICT integration: The Malaysian perspective. Creative Education, 3, 111-115.
Kozloski, C. K. (2006). Principal leadership for technology integration: A study of principal technology leadership. PhD Thesis, Drexel University.
Leong, M.W. (2010). Principal technology leadership and teachers' ICT application in a secondary school in Seremban. Unpublished Masters in Principalship Project, University of Malaya.
Ministry of Education Malaysia. (2013). Malaysia Education Blueprint 20132025 (Preschool to Post-Secondary Education). Putrajaya.
Moktar, J. (2011). Technology leadership and teachers' ICT competency in a religious secondary school in Kuching, Sarawak. Unpublished Masters in Principalship Project, University of Malaya.
Mohd. Izham, M. H., & Rusnah, A. K. (2007). Administrators as technology leader: Concept and practices. Paper presented at the 1st International Malaysian Educational Technology Convention, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
Nazri, B. (2011). Principal technology leadership and the implementation of ICT in a school. Unpublished Masters in Principalship Project, University of Malaya.
Norazah, N., Yusma, Y., & Kamaruzaman, J. (2010). A quantitative analysis of Malaysian secondary school technology leadership. Management Science and Engineering, 4(2), 124-130.
Rogers, B. A. (2000). The correlation between teachers' perceptions of principals' technology leadership and the integration of educational technology (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Ball State University, Indiana.
Rossafri, M., & Balakrishnan, M. (2007). Translating technology leadership to create excellent instructional leadership. Educational Leadership and Management Journal, 17(2), 91-103.
Ross, T. W., & Bailey, G. D. (1996). Technology-based learning: A handbook for teachers and technology leaders (Rev. ed.). Arlington Heights, IL: IRI/Skylight.
Traci, R. & Chan, C. T. (2007). Technology Leadership: Aspiring Administrators' Perception. Journal for the Integration of Technology in Education, 6(3), 123-139.
Wu, S. (2009). A study of the relationship between principals' technological leadership and teachers' technological literacy in elementary schools in Taipei County (Unpublished master's thesis). Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan.
Yee, D. L. (2000). Images of school principals' information and communications technology leadership. Journal of Information Technology for Teacher Education, 9(3), 287–302.
