The Technology Leadership Competencies of Elementary and Secondary School Directors

Volume: 11 Number: 1 January 1, 2016
  • Alper Yorulmaz
  • Süleyman Can
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The Technology Leadership Competencies of Elementary and Secondary School Directors

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the elementary and secondary school directors’ technology leadership competencies in relation to some demographic features such as age, length of service and the state of whether taking in-service technology training. The universe of the current study employing descriptive survey model was comprised of 129 school directors working at 76 elementary and secondary schools in Menteşe district of the city of Muğla in 20132014 academic year. The sampling of the study consisted of 74 randomly selected school directors. As the data collection instrument, “The Scale of Educational Directors’ Technology Leadership Competencies” developed by Banoğlu (2012) was used. This scale has five dimensions that are visionary leadership, digital age learning culture, perfectionism in professional practice, digital citizenship and systematic development. Within the context of the current study, the correlations between the directors’ technology leadership competencies and gender, age, length of service and the state of whether taking in-service technology training were analyzed through t-test and One Way ANOVA. The findings of the analyses revealed that the dimension viewed to be the most important by the directors is systematic development. Moreover, a significant correlation was found between age and perfectionism in professional practice and between the state of whether taking in-service technology training and technology leadership, visionary leadership and digital citizenship

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English

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Authors

Alper Yorulmaz This is me
Marmara University, Education Faculty, Elementary Education Program, İstanbul, Turkey

Süleyman Can This is me
Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Education Faculty, Elementary Education Program, Muğla

Publication Date

January 1, 2016

Submission Date

May 19, 2016

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Published in Issue

Year 2016 Volume: 11 Number: 1

APA
Yorulmaz, A., & Can, S. (2016). The Technology Leadership Competencies of Elementary and Secondary School Directors. Educational Policy Analysis And Strategic Research, 11(1), 47-61. https://izlik.org/JA27PT84XK
AMA
1.Yorulmaz A, Can S. The Technology Leadership Competencies of Elementary and Secondary School Directors. Educational Policy Analysis And Strategic Research. 2016;11(1):47-61. https://izlik.org/JA27PT84XK
Chicago
Yorulmaz, Alper, and Süleyman Can. 2016. “The Technology Leadership Competencies of Elementary and Secondary School Directors”. Educational Policy Analysis And Strategic Research 11 (1): 47-61. https://izlik.org/JA27PT84XK.
EndNote
Yorulmaz A, Can S (May 1, 2016) The Technology Leadership Competencies of Elementary and Secondary School Directors. Educational Policy Analysis And Strategic Research 11 1 47–61.
IEEE
[1]A. Yorulmaz and S. Can, “The Technology Leadership Competencies of Elementary and Secondary School Directors”, Educational Policy Analysis And Strategic Research, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 47–61, May 2016, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA27PT84XK
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Yorulmaz, Alper - Can, Süleyman. “The Technology Leadership Competencies of Elementary and Secondary School Directors”. Educational Policy Analysis And Strategic Research 11/1 (May 1, 2016): 47-61. https://izlik.org/JA27PT84XK.
JAMA
1.Yorulmaz A, Can S. The Technology Leadership Competencies of Elementary and Secondary School Directors. Educational Policy Analysis And Strategic Research. 2016;11:47–61.
MLA
Yorulmaz, Alper, and Süleyman Can. “The Technology Leadership Competencies of Elementary and Secondary School Directors”. Educational Policy Analysis And Strategic Research, vol. 11, no. 1, May 2016, pp. 47-61, https://izlik.org/JA27PT84XK.
Vancouver
1.Alper Yorulmaz, Süleyman Can. The Technology Leadership Competencies of Elementary and Secondary School Directors. Educational Policy Analysis And Strategic Research [Internet]. 2016 May 1;11(1):47-61. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA27PT84XK