ERIC Number: EJ1462599
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Mar
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-1360-2357
EISSN: EISSN-1573-7608
Available Date: 2024-09-12
Assessing Teachers' Technology Leadership in Higher Education: The Application of ISTE Standards in China
Education and Information Technologies, v30 n4 p5375-5395 2025
The rapid advancement of educational technologies worldwide and the ubiquitousness of technology-integrated teaching and learning have posed great challenges to teachers. Technology leadership is an emerging focus among educators, it involves using technologies to lead learners' knowledge, abilities, and values development. However, there are few available scales that can evaluate its level among teachers in China. We proposed a model based on the new version of the ISTE Standard for Educators and addressed a set of indicators. This study developed and validated a 24-item teachers' technology leadership scale (TTLS) through theoretical review, expert advice, exploratory factor analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis. This study reports the results through analysis of responses from 604 Chinese university students. Our findings revealed good reliability and validity in the scale but demonstrated a three-construct model that differs from the original seven-dimension framework, thus highlighting the characteristics of the Chinese context. This study contributes to a growing body of research that aims to provide researchers, educators, and policymakers with a tool (TTLS) that can be used as a reliable assessment scale for measuring teachers' level of technology leadership, thus supporting their development in three domains regarding leadership, technology integration ability, and digital responsibility.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teacher Responsibility, Teacher Leadership, Test Construction, Test Validity, College Students, Test Reliability
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Policymakers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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Author Affiliations: 1Zhejiang Normal University, College of Education, Jinhua, China; 2Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, School of Economic, Management and Law, Nanchang, China; 3Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, School of Public Finance & Public Administration, Nanchang, China