An analysis of the impact of public secondary school principals’ leadership style on technology integration in the Oshana region of Namibia
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Date
2022
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University of Namibia
Abstract
Technology integration in public secondary schools is a challenge to many
Namibian schools. Principals’ leadership styles play a key role in changing
the way teachers and learners use the internet, integrate technology in
education as well as communicate through the internet. It is against this
background that the purpose of this study was to analyse the impact of the
secondary school principals’ leadership styles on technology integration in
the Oshana region of Namibia. The research strives to identify the leadership
styles that were used by public secondary school principals in the Oshana
region. The researcher applied the qualitative research method and the data
was collected using an interview guide. This study used 14 public secondary
school principals from the population of 24 public secondary schools. The
results indicate that different leadership styles were used by the principals
depending on the situation’s demands, and it has also been found that the
applied leadership styles had a significant role to play in the integration of
technology in schools. It is important that the MoEAC, schools, principals
and teachers take the findings of this study into consideration and implement
the strategies that would contribute to the effectiveness of technology
integration in schools.
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A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Business Administration (Management Strategy)
Keywords
Technology integration, Leadership styles, Public secondary schools, Principals