Teacher Technological Leadership: Realising Potentials and Practices

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10.2991/assehr.k.200130.138How to use a DOI?

Keywords

teacher technological leadership, potentials, practices

Abstract

Teacher technological leadership expands upon leadership with the use of technology for education with focus on 21st century education needs. This study aims to observe the awareness, potential and practices of technological leadership of a teacher. The study focusses on the leadership standard set in ISTE Standards for Educators (International Society for Technology in Education, 2017). Through a qualitative case study conducted through an interview and observation on an ICT teacher, it was found that although the concept of teacher technological leadership is unfamiliar, but the practices of technological leadership is apparent. The teachers’ technological leadership is greatly enhanced by the support of the school culture that encourages technology use. The teachers’ self-leadership suited to the qualities in the ISTE standards for technological leadership. The teachers’ technological leadership promotes innovative practices in teaching and learning in the school. This study contributes to the importance of acknowledging teacher technological leadership and gives insight to the vital elements that develop teacher technological leadership for school administrators, teachers and education agencies that support innovative teacher development.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Norhanida Samsudin
AU  - Muhammad Faizal A. Ghani
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/02/07
TI  - Teacher Technological Leadership: Realising Potentials and Practices
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Research of Educational Administration and Management (ICREAM 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 52
EP  - 56
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200130.138
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200130.138
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