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: Samim Cetinkaya

Date: _________09/08/2015_____________

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, 15(2), 328-340.
INTRODUCTION
Research Questions (if research questions are not specifically mentioned, what is
the theoretical background or overarching theme):
The article doent have specific Questions
Here is the theoretical background:
Research on technological leadership began in the U.S. in the 1990s and has
since gained significance. To be an
experienced and capable technological leader, the principal must be trained in the
following five areas
1. Vision, planning and management
2. Staff development and training
3. Technological and infrastructure support
4. Evaluation and research
5. Interpersonal and communication skills
Purpose of the research:
Investigating the relationships among principals' technological leadership,
teachers' technological literacy, and teaching effectiveness is main purpose of this study.
METHODOLOGY
What is the methodology for the research or approach used to understand the
issue? Provide information regarding the following:

Participants:
The target population consisted of 1,000 teachers randomly selected from 100
elementary schools within the following six metropolitan cities in Taiwan: Keelung City,
Taipei City, Hsinchu City, Taichung City, Tainan City, and Kaohsiung City

Procedures:

Data Collection Methods/Data Source:

The survey was randomly sent to the Director of Academic Affairs Division of
each elementary school. Then, the Director randomly selected the teachers based on
the cover letter sent to the school. The survey asked teachers to evaluate the principals
role in leading and facilitating technology use, teachers technological literacy and
teaching effectiveness in their schools. The respondents in this study were teachers (i.e.,
tenured teachers, mentor teachers, teachers serving as administrators and directors)
reporting to their principals.

Data Analysis:
This research empirically investigated the relationships among principals
technological leadership, teachers technological literacy, and teaching
effectiveness and tested the structural equation model (SEM). SPSS was used to
calculate scale reliabilities (the Cronbachs alpha) and to perform factor analyses.
The final SEM model was done with LISREL.

RESULTS
The finding shows that principals technological leadership improves teachers
technological literacy development and directly influenced teachers integration of
technology into their teaching practices. Furthermore, teachers technological literacy
directly affected teaching effectiveness. Principals technological leadership also
improved teachers teaching effectiveness
DISCUSSIONS
Conclusions/Implications (for your profession):
As this study indicates, principals as technological leaders must develop and
implement vision and technology plansfor their schools, encourage the technological
development and training of teachers, provide sufficient technological infrastructure
support, and develop an effective school-evaluation plan

REFLECTIONS
Students Reflections (changes to your understanding; implications for your
school/work):
By reading this article I understood that technological leadership is very important
for effective teaching and learning environment. Principals are supposed to have
vision/plan management, technological and infrastructure support, staff development
and training, evaluation and research and interpersonal and communication skills
Technological leadership positively effects both teachers and students.