Research Article

The Relationship between Teachers’ Attitudes towards Educational Technologies and School Administrators’ Technology Leadership Roles

Volume: 5 Number: 2 December 31, 2019
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The Relationship between Teachers’ Attitudes towards Educational Technologies and School Administrators’ Technology Leadership Roles

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between school administrators’ technology leadership roles and elementary school teachers’ attitudes towards educational technologies with an emphasis on their potential indirect impacts on education quality provided, while exploring existing state of the technology use among the school administrators and teachers. In this study, two scales have been used. Both scales have been administered to 283 teachers working at elementary schools in Çanakkale. The findings show that teachers perceive their school administrators’ leadership roles quite high. In the sub-dimensions, highest level is “Support” and lowest level is “Vision”. In “Human-Centralism” sub-dimension, difference has been observed according to branch, in “Vision” sub-dimension difference has been observed according to branch and seniority, and in “Support” sub-dimension difference has been observed according to gender. According to “seniority and branch” variable, there is no significant difference in teachers’ attitudes towards educational technologies. However, difference has been observed according to gender. There was a correlation between primary school administrators’ technology leadership roles and teachers’ attitudes towards educational technologies.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Cem Efeoğlu This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

December 31, 2019

Submission Date

October 26, 2019

Acceptance Date

December 28, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 5 Number: 2

APA
Efeoğlu, C., & Çoruk, A. (2019). The Relationship between Teachers’ Attitudes towards Educational Technologies and School Administrators’ Technology Leadership Roles. International Journal of Human and Behavioral Science, 5(2), 73-82. https://doi.org/10.19148/ijhbs.651095