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Walden University

2022

Teacher professional development

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Principals’ Perspectives On Integrating Digital Tools In The Jamaican Primary Curriculum, Audrea Samuels Jan 2022

Principals’ Perspectives On Integrating Digital Tools In The Jamaican Primary Curriculum, Audrea Samuels

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

There is a growing demand for schools to be digitalized in the fourth industrial revolution, yet many teachers do not use digital tools in their pedagogical practices. Primary school principals have experienced challenges in motivating teachers to use digital tools in curriculum delivery in a rural quality education circle (QEC). The purpose of this study was to explore principals’ perceptions about the challenges experienced with using digital tools in curriculum delivery and the organizational supports needed for utilization in instruction by primary teachers in a rural QEC in Jamaica. The technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge (TPACK) framework was used in …