The Influence of Principals' Technology Leadership and Professional Development on Teachers’ Technology Integration in Secondary Schools

Thannimalai, Raamani; Raman, Arumugam

doi:10.32890/mjli2018.15.1.8

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“…As school administrators, school principals should give teachers more time to improve their ICT skills so that teachers feel comfortable using ICT in the classroom. Previous studies conducted by Abdullah et al (2015), Blau and Shamir-Inbal (2016), Salehudin (2016), Simin and Mohammad Sani (2015), Thannimalai and Raman (2018), and Vella et al (2017) further support the importance of administrative support for ICT integration in schools.…”

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“…The support of school administrators plays a critical role in determining the success or failure of an effort to integrate ICT into schools (Thannimalai & Raman, 2018). Thannimalai and Raman (2018) found that the level of principals' technology leadership included visionary leadership, digital learning culture, excellence in professional practice, system improvement, and digital citizenship among Malaysian secondary schools in Kedah. In addition, the technology leadership level of principals is found to be a good predictor of technology integration amongst teachers.…”

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The Role of School Administrative Support and Primary School Teachers’ ICT Literacy to Integrate ICT into the Classrooms in Pahang, Malaysia

Baharuldin¹,

Jamaluddin²,

Shaharom³

2020

IOJEL

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This study aimed to look at the role of information and communications technology (ICT) literacy of teachers as a mediator between the school administrative support and ICT competence of primary school teachers in Pahang. The researchers developed a mediation model based on relevant literature reviews and subsequently tested the model. This study used a total survey design. The researchers employed stratified cluster sampling to select the pilot study and the actual study samples randomly. A total of 514 teachers were involved in the pilot study and 530 teachers were involved in the actual study. The Cronbach's alpha for instrument was .954 while the validity of the instrument used was determined using the SEM-AMOS method. The results based on the pilot data indicated a good model fit with chisquare = 212.406, df = 111, p < .001, CMIN/df = 3.662, GFI = .938, CFI = .941, and RMSEA = .072, whereas results based on the actual study also indicated a good model fit with chi-square = 204.839, df = 58, p < .001, CMIN/df = 3.532, GFI = .942, CFI = .950, and RMSEA = .069. The findings showed that there were direct and indirect effects of school administrative support and teachers' ICT literacy on teachers' ICT competences. There was a statistically significant relationship (p < .05) between school administrative support and teachers' ICT competence and an indirect effect through teachers' ICT literacy as a mediator. Hence, teachers' ICT literacy acts a partial mediator in the model. This study shows that school administrative support and teachers' ICT literacy play an important role in shaping teachers' ICT competence. Furthermore, the study provides further evidence that school principals through teachers' ICT literacy play an important role in integrating ICT into the classroom. School administrators should equip themselves with formal training in technological leadership so that they can better contribute to aiding school teachers to better integrate ICT into their teaching and learning.

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The Role of School Administrative Support and Primary School Teachers’ ICT Literacy to Integrate ICT into the Classrooms in Pahang, Malaysia

Baharuldin¹,

Jamaluddin²,

Shaharom³

2020

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“…In this new era of Industrial Revolution 4.0 with the integration of advanced technology in education field, school principals should play their important roles to provide a sustainable, dynamic digital age learning cultures for all students. Teachers' professional development is useful to empower them to improve students learning via new technology and digital resources, as well as technological tools (Thannimalai & Raman, 2018). Moreover, students attitude and attention on learning may keep them in positive and optimistic beliefs in learning, which affect their academic performance (Hsieh, Yen & Kuan, 2014).…”

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Technology Leadership in Malaysian Schools

Ghavifekr

Yue

2021

International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management

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Education 4.0 is the answer to the global needs for the advanced integration of humans and technology. Leading school’s technology utilization can be the way forward to support education 4.0 realization. This study aims to investigate the effects and roles of principals’ technology leadership towards teachers’ ICT utilization and students’ academic performance in secondary schools in Selangor, Malaysia. This empirical study uses a set of questionnaires to gather information from respondents who are in the teaching profession. A total of 310 questionnaires were completed and analyzed. The findings have shown significant positive impacts between the effects of the technology leadership roles of principals on teachers’ effective ICT utilization and students’ academic performance. The integration of ICT and technological tools in schools has a great challenge towards the new era of the Education 4.0 system. This suggests that principals who embrace technology will effectively lead their schools to acquire educational resources to enhance student engagement and learning.

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“…Furthermore, Sutisna (in Kompri, 2017) presents several characteristics of an effective supervision program, namely: (1) Supervision adjusts to the nature and needs of the teacher; (2) Supervision is carried out to find out the facts of the problems faced by the teacher; (3) Supervision is directed at improvement programs, flexible, and preventive (eliminating the possibility of occurrence of an unwanted event in the future); (4) The supervision system must be understood. Besides that, research of Thannimalai & Raman (2018) shows that there is a significant relationship between Principal Technology Leadership and Teacher Technology integration in the classroom.…”

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Supervisor in Era Industrial Revolution 4.0 and Society 5.0

Satria¹,

Mustiningsih²

2019

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Education and Technology (ICET 2019)

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The writing of this article aims to find out the role of educational supervision in the era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0 and Society 5.0. The writing of this article uses a literature study approach by examining theories that are relevant to the professionalism of teacher performance developed in accordance with technological progress, the role of supervisors in educational institutions, and IT-based supervision programs in the Industrial Revolution 4.0 era. The results showed that: (1) the role of supervisors in the supervision program can reconstruct the professionalism of teacher performance developed in accordance with technological advances;(2) supervision is able to create competitiveness of educational graduates in the current global market; and (3) ITbased supervision is developed to improve the professionalism and competence of teachers in improving the quality of national education.

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The Influence of Principals' Technology Leadership and Professional Development on Teachers’ Technology Integration in Secondary Schools

Cited by 61 publications

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The Role of School Administrative Support and Primary School Teachers’ ICT Literacy to Integrate ICT into the Classrooms in Pahang, Malaysia

The Role of School Administrative Support and Primary School Teachers’ ICT Literacy to Integrate ICT into the Classrooms in Pahang, Malaysia

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