Author:
Ng Foo Seong David,Ho Jeanne Marie
Abstract
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the process of information communication technology (ICT) reform in a government school in Singapore. The focus is on the distributed leadership actions performed by various individuals, and how the multiple leaders and their leadership practices interacted with one another.Design/methodology/approachA naturalistic inquiry approach was adopted, involving the case study of a school in the process of implementing an instructional reform involving the use of ICT.FindingsIt was found that distributed leadership for ICT implementation requires a combination of transformational leadership and instructional leadership to develop teachers’ capacity to enhance their instruction with ICT, emotional leadership to support teachers’ effort to change, and strategic management of resources to sustain teachers’ change efforts. Transformational leadership is performed mainly by senior management (SM). Instructional leadership is performed mainly by middle management (MM). Both senior and middle management provided emotional leadership and strategic resource management. In addition, SM provided second‐order changes leadership, while MM provided first‐order changes leadership.Originality/valueThe paper rectifies the current disproportionate focus on the role of the Principal by uncovering the leadership actions performed by other school members, and how these leadership actions are interrelated. In particular, the paper provides insight into how leadership was distributed in a school reform involving the use of ICT for instruction.
Subject
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management,Education,Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management,Education
Reference82 articles.
1. Anderson, R.E. and Dexter, S. (2000), School Technology Leadership: Incidence and Impact. Teaching, Learning and Computing: 1998 National Survey No. 6), Center for Research on Informational Technology and Organisation, Minneapolis, MN.
2. Anderson, R.E. and Dexter, S. (2005), “School technology leadership: an empirical investigation of prevalence and effect”, Educational Administration Quarterly, Vol. 41 No. 1, pp. 49‐82.
3. Armstrong, L. (2004), “The secondary assistant principal in the state of Texas: duties and job satisfaction”, available at: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=765354521&sid=7&Fmt=2&clientId=20333&RQT=309&VName=PQD (accessed 20 December 2006).
4. Barbuto, J.E.J. and Burbach, M.E. (2006), “The emotional intelligence of transformational leaders: a field study of elected officials”, The Journal of Social Psychology, Vol. 146 No. 1, pp. 51‐64.
5. Baylor, A.L. and Ritchie, D. (2002), “What factors facilitate teacher skill, teacher morale, and perceived student learning in technology‐using classrooms?”, Computers and Education, Vol. 39 No. 4, pp. 395‐414.
Cited by
21 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献