Teachers' perceptions of the dimensions and implementation of technology leadership of principals in Taiwanese elementary schools

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 229-245

  Chang, I Hua ^a   Chin, Joseph M ^a   Hsu, Cheng Mei ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elementary schools; Principal technology leadership; Technology integration; Technology literacy; Technology vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956052391     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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