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:_____Medine Soylemez

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, 15(2), 328-340.
INTRODUCTION
Research Questions (if research questions are not specifically mentioned, what is
the theoretical background or overarching theme):
Is there a relationships between principals technological leadership, teachers
technological literacy, and teaching effectiveness?
Do the principals technological leadership mediated by teachers technological literacy
affect 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. The study also explores the notion that principals
technological leadership, as mediated by teachers technological literacy, can affect
teaching effectiveness.
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:
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.

Data Collection Methods/Data Source:

Data was collected through a survey. The participants were asked to fill in a
questionnaire. 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
Findings or Results (or main points of the article):
The findings show that principals technological leadership improves teachers'
technological literacy and directly encourages teachers to integrate technology into their
teaching. Furthermore, teachers technological literacy directly affects their effectiveness.
Principals technological leadership also makes teachers more effective. Principals
technological leadership, as mediated by teachers technological literacy, can affect
teaching effectiveness. The results suggest that principals, as technology leaders, must
develop and implement a vision and technology plan for their schools.
DISCUSSIONS
Conclusions/Implications (for your profession):
Research results that only a principal who can understand current knowledge of
technology can ensure that the school will continue to develop. In addition, when a
principal is competent at technological leadership and integration and also creates a
technological learning environment, teaching effectiveness will increase and in turn will
improve student performance (Chang, I-Hua., 2012)
REFLECTIONS
Students Reflections (changes to your understanding; implications for your
school/work):
Principles because of being the leader of their school team has a great role in increasing
the effectiveness in teaching and improvement in performances. So they must be open
to all kind of technological development and must lead and support the teachers to
follow up the improvements in technology. The effective use of technology has benefits
not just only for the principles and the teachers but mostly for the students. Nowadays
almost every student owns an electronic device and use them effectively. Refusing
catching up with the students by means of awareness of the importance of technology in
teaching- learning process is just being lots of steps backwards of the ones who does.
Principles are the main aspect sin integrating technology in education with their leading
roles.

Reference
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.