Abstract:
This study explored various dimensions of ICT integration from a leadership
perspective in three public Senior High Schools in the Central Region of Ghana. An
embedded mixed method design was adopted, with a dominant qualitative strand and
supportive quantitative strand. Following the distributed leadership model, interview
data were collected from 12 leaders who were purposively sampled from the three
schools to explore their perceptions of and strategies for leading ICT integration,
challenges, and support systems for effective ICT integration. For the quantitative
strand, 230 teachers were randomly sampled from the three schools to respond to a
14-item questionnaire that sought to determine their perceptions of ICT integration in
teaching and learning and independent samples and One-Way ANOVA tests were
used to analyse how gender and age influenced these perceptions. The major finding
from this study is that the school leaders admit that they are digital immigrants, yet
they appreciate the importance of ICTs to teaching and learning. Moreover, they have
not been exposed to professional training to equip them with skills to successfully
lead ICT integration in their schools. As a result, the support they provide for ICT is
management oriented. Moreover, results from the survey showed that male and
female teachers differ significantly in their perceptions of ICT integration, with males
having more favourable perceptions than females. Age differences on the other hand
were not found to predict the teachers’ perceptions of ICT integration. In conclusion,
results from the study have been presented to inform educational stakeholders on how
to equip school leaders for effective ICT leadership.
Description:
A thesis in the Department of Educational Administration
and Management, Faculty of Educational Studies,
submitted to the school of graduate studies, University
of Education, Winneba in partial fulfilment of the
requirements for award of the Master of Philosophy
degree in Educational Administration and Management
SEPTEMBER, 2018