?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.iab.edu.my%2Fv2%2F1192%2F&rft.title=Technology+leadership%3A+exploring+professional+development%2C+school+leadership+and+ICT+integration+in+Malaysian+secondary+schools&rft.creator=Khairuddin+Yap%2C+Siti+Nursheila&rft.subject=L+Education+(General)&rft.description=Leadership+plays+a+vital+role+in+implementing+and+integrating+instructional+technology+in+schools.+Increasingly%2C+school+leaders+are+expected+to+have+the+necessary+knowledge%2C+skills%2C+and+dispositions+to+leverage+technology+in+a+manner+that+promotes+and+improves+students%E2%80%99+learning.+Therefore%2C+it+is+necessary+for+them+to+be+engaged+in+ICT+professional+development+(PD)+to+support+their+professional+growth+and+the+development+of+their+school%E2%80%99s+ICT+integration+to+create+a+technology-based+instructional+platform+in+schools.+This+study+focuses+on+school+leadership+and+ICT+integration%2C+and+on+how+professional+development+for+school+leaders+supports+principals%E2%80%99+technology+leadership+practices+in+school.+The+intersections+between+three+main+themes%3A+(1)+school+leadership%2C+(2)+professional+development+for+school+leaders%2C+and+(3)+ICT+in+education+helped+to+form+an+exploratory+conceptual+framework+used+to+guide+this+study.+The+study+was+conducted+in+Malaysia%2C+using+a+multiple+site+comparative+case+study+approach.+To+better+understand+scarce+and+abundant+technological+resources%2C+the+study+will+include+four+secondary+schools%2C+two+rural+and+two+urban.+The+data+collection+involved+two+phases%3A+Phase+1%3A+Malaysia%E2%80%99s+PD+provider+for+school+leaders%2C+and+Phase+2%3A+Four+secondary+schools%2C+two+rural+and+two+urban.+Data+were+collected+through+semi-structured+interviews%2C+observations%2C+documents+and+secondary+quantitative+data.+There+were+two+stages+of+analysis%3A+(1)+within-case+analysis+and+(2)+cross-case+analysis.+This+study+used+thematic+analysis+informed+by+the+exploratory+conceptual+framework%2C+which+also+described+as+an+analytic+induction+to+explore+the+themes.+The+study+showed+that+the+framework+holds+promise+as+both+an+explanatory+and+planning+tool+for+helping+us+understand+the+role+of+leadership+in+promoting+effective+technology+integration+in+schools.+Importantly%2C+findings+suggest+various+indirect+and+direct+ways+that+school+leaders+can+influence+ICT+work+in+a+school%2C+and+the+dynamics+that+can+at+times+impede+their+influence.&rft.publisher=Faculty+of+Education%2C+Monash+University%2C+Wellington+Rd%2C+Australia&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.iab.edu.my%2Fv2%2F1192%2F1%2FDr.%2520Siti%2520Nursheila%2520Khairuddin%2520Yap%2520ABSTRAK.pdf&rft.identifier=++Khairuddin+Yap%2C+Siti+Nursheila+++Technology+leadership%3A+exploring+professional+development%2C+school+leadership+and+ICT+integration+in+Malaysian+secondary+schools.++Faculty+of+Education%2C+Monash+University%2C+Wellington+Rd%2C+Australia.+++++