ERIC Number: EJ1153882
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
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Technological Self-Efficacy among School Leaders in Oman: A Preliminary Study
Journal of Further and Higher Education, v41 n6 p760-772 2017
There is more need today for school leaders to be up-to-date with technology and its various uses in education. Enhancing self-efficacy in the use of technology is an expected role of educational leadership preparation programmes. This study investigated technological self-efficacy of a group of educators in leadership positions while participating in a leadership preparation programme at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman. The findings show that these educators had high technological self-efficacy. There were also significant, positive relationships between technological self-efficacy variables, academic achievement and age. Age was negatively correlated with general learning self-efficacy and also with one indicator of academic achievement. In the qualitative analysis, the study used the framework of the Theory of Margin (TM) to identify the factors affecting technology self-efficacy. Results indicate that, while participants with a high power-load margin (PLM) reported a higher number of internal and external powers, those with a lower PLM reported a higher number of internal and external loads.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Efficacy, Technological Literacy, Teacher Leadership, Teacher Competencies, Administrator Education, Correlation, Academic Achievement, Age, Mixed Methods Research, Questionnaires, Learning Strategies, Integrated Learning Systems, Interviews, Grade Point Average
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Oman
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire
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