Lebanese Public Schools Principals’ Attitudes, Level of ICT Use and Leadership Style
Year: 2018
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Thepurpose of this study was to investigate attitudes towards ICT, level of ICTuse, and leadership style of the Lebanese public schools’ attending a trainingprogram at the Lebanese University, Faculty of Education. The training program, in which 204 principalsfrom all over Lebanon participated, lasted for three months. At the endof the program, they filled a survey questionnaire and only 192 filled-in thequestionnaire. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive analysis andcorrelations were calculated to identify the relationships between ICT use andgender, age, number of computers at school, earned Diploma, geographicallocation. Schoolprincipals agreed that they benefit greatly from the ICT course; it helped themin improving their computer skills relevant to their administrative work. Findingsalso suggest that there is a no significant correlation between the use of ICTand school principal gender and age, the good equipment of schools isirrelevant with the school geographical location (urban/rural city). Moreover, withinthis study, the researchers identify significant challenges faced by thetrainees’ school principals, for instance, the little number and the lack ofcomputers in their schools, the absence of IT teachers and even many of themdid not use often computers in their daily routine works before the trainingprogram. Finally, Lebanese school principals adopted an administrative stylewith an emphasis on the accountable management behavior. Future qualitativestudies are recommended to gain in-depth knowledge about the use of ICT byschool principals in their schools.
Source: DergiPark (Istanbul University)
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2922897366