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dc.contributor.authorAlghamdi, Abdulmajeed Mohammed B
dc.contributor.authorPrestridge, Sarah
dc.contributor.editorACCE
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-30T02:04:11Z
dc.date.available2017-08-30T02:04:11Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/154450
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores the link between principals' and teachers' pedagogical beliefs regarding the benefits of integrating online learning technologies into language teaching and learning contexts. Principals who have the leadership ability to carry out the pedagogical requirements for technological change in teaching and learning approaches can direct the use of technology to enhance the school learning environment (Baylor & Ritchie, 2002; Ertmer & Ottenbreit-Leftwich, 2010). The paper reports on the initial phase of data collection for a PhD thesis at an Australian University. Two surveys were developed and conducted for this study to determine principals' and teachers' existing pedagogical beliefs regarding online learning technologies. The participants included 67 principals and 82 Arabic language teachers across 33 secondary schools in Saudi Arabia. The results show a strong alignment between principal and teacher beliefs in that both indicate positive constructivist beliefs, particularly regarding the ability of online learning technologies to improve teachers' and students' research skills, promote students' learning both inside and outside school and convert teacher-centred teaching approaches to student-centred teaching approaches. The study also shows that principals' beliefs were consistently stronger than teachers' beliefs.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherACEC
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttp://acec2014.acce.edu.au/
dc.relation.ispartofconferencenameACEC2014: “Now It’s Personal”
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitle26th Australian Computers in Education Conference
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2014-09-30
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2014-10-03
dc.relation.ispartoflocationAdelaide, Australia
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEducational Technology and Computing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode130306
dc.titlePrincipal and teacher beliefs about online learning technologies
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE1 - Conferences
dc.type.codeE - Conference Publications
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gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Education and Professional Studies
gro.rights.copyright© 2014 Australian Council for Computers Education. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the conference's website for access to the definitive, published version.
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gro.griffith.authorPrestridge, Sarah J.
gro.griffith.authorAlghamdi, Abdulmajeed Mohammed B MB.


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