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ERIC Number: EJ1428563
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 23
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1363-2434
EISSN: EISSN-1364-2626
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Surviving or Thriving? Exploring School Leaders' Perception of Initiated Digital Transformation
Sara Willermark; Martin Gellerstedt; Pernilla Nilsson
School Leadership & Management, v44 n3 p228-250 2024
The global pandemic, COVID-19 shattered everyday life as we know it and disrupted education globally. In this study, we explore an initiated digital transformation accelerated by the pandemic from school leaders' perspectives in the context of Swedish high schools. The data consists of a questionnaire with 105 school leaders containing both fixed and open-ended response types. The results reveal significant differences in school leaders' views on how the transition has worked, whether they and their staff have developed their digital competence, and, how it will affect the school onwards. Contributions include theorising about school leaders' experiences of navigating an accelerated digital transformation prompted by the pandemic. We introduce four school leader profiles: (a) the enthusiast, (b) the affirmative (c) the skeptical, and (d) the hesitant. These profiles serve to encapsulate the nuanced perspectives of school leaders, thereby enriching our comprehension of their diverse requirements and priorities.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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