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Factors Influencing The Level Of Technology Adaptation By Middle-School Teachers, Janice Favre Strigh
Factors Influencing The Level Of Technology Adaptation By Middle-School Teachers, Janice Favre Strigh
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine those factors influencing a teacher’s level of adaptation to a one-to-one laptop program in a middle-school setting. The school chosen for this study is located in a semi-rural district with approximately 500 students in sixth through eighth grade. Over the past 10 years, the school district has implemented a one-to-one laptop program with students currently having access to their own personal computer each day. Collins’s (2007) technology, leadership management, and policy pyramid model provided a framework for this analysis. Teachers’ perceptions of leadership support for the planning activities, organizational integration …
The Role Of The Principal Walk-Through, Karen Lee Holgersen
The Role Of The Principal Walk-Through, Karen Lee Holgersen
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to describe the principal's perspective of the efficacy of the principal walk-through as a tool to improve and gather formative feedback about teaching. Principals from selected schools in one district were interviewed to further clarify their feelings and provide insight into how they engaged in the process. The findings suggest that the principals in this study have adapted the classroom walk-through to meet the current requirements of an instructional leader.