JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW TEMPLATE

North American University

Education Department
M.Ed. in Educational Leadership / M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction
EDUC 5324 Integrating Technology into Education
Name: DERYA UNVER

Date: 9/5/2015

Cite the reviewed article in APA format: Chang, I-Hua. (2012).

The effect of principals' technological leadership on teachers' technological literacy and
teaching effectiveness in Taiwanese elementary. Journal of Educational Technology &
Society

INTRODUCTION
Research Questions (if research questions are not specifically mentioned, what is the
theoretical background or overarching theme):

If principal technological leadership has an effect on teacher technologic literacy and

teaching effectiveness?

Purpose of the research:

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships among technological
leadership of principals and the technological literacy and teaching effectiveness of
elementary school teachers.

METHODOLOGY
Participants:605 elementary school teacher
Procedures: They asked questions to randomly selected teachers.
Data Collection Methods/Data Source: Data collected by the survey that applied to the
teachers. The target population consisted of 1,000 teachers randomly selected from 100
elementary schools within the following six metropolitan cities in Taiwan.
Data Analysis: Based on observation this research try to find out principal technological
leadership has an effect on teacher technologic literacy and teaching effectiveness by
using structural equation model.

RESULTS
The results show and confirm that principals technological leadership has an
effect on teacher technology literacy and teaching effectiveness.

DISCUSSIONS
Schools must develop a long-term technology plan with a vision and goals for the
schools faculty and staff. In addition, development of technological skills is essential for
the professional growth of faculty and staff. Regarding the provision of infrastructure,
schools must provide full technological support and equal opportunities to obtain
resources. Lastly, schools must be able to assess themselves; the leaders must be able to
evaluate their own professional technological plans and give teachers performance
evaluations. Principals interpersonal and communication skills subtly affect the success
of their leadership. Principals who can listen to teachers advice and opinions while
providing them with sufficient support will make their schools operational development
more productive.
REFLECTIONS
Principals must develop and implement vision and technology plans for their schools,
encourage the technological development and training of teachers and support their
teacher to help them to be more productive and effective. They should change the
traditional methods of teaching, and learn how to incorporate technology into their
teaching in order to encourage their students academic achievement.