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Title:
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RELATING THE CONTRIBUTION OF SCHOOL-BASEDICT COORDINATORS TO THEIR LEADERSHIP ROLE |
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Author(s):
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Kit-pui Wong |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-42-3 |
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Editors:
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Miguel Baptista Nunes and Maggie McPherson (series editors: Piet Kommers, Pedro Isaías and Nian-Shing Chen) |
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Year:
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2007 |
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Edition:
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V I, 2 |
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Keywords:
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England, Hong Kong, Information and Communications Technology, ICT Coordinators, K12, Primary Education |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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474 |
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Last Page:
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482 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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A team of competent staff members is commonly believed to be vital for the successful deployment of Information and
Communications Technology (ICT) in a school. In England, school-based ICT coordinators are highly valued and often
regarded to be both pedagogical and technological leaders at their schools. In contrast, ICT coordinators in Hong Kong
are often not afforded such status. A quantitative survey, described in this paper, demonstrates that the contribution of
ICT coordinators in Hong Kong is not as highly valued as that of their counterparts in England. This may imply that
educators and policymakers in Hong Kong should seriously re-consider the leadership role of their ICT coordinators.
Such a position ideally should be filled by staff members who excel in terms of both pedagogical and technological
proficiency. Not only providing adequate ICT direction, such an ICT coordinator also might offer school-based training,
or mentoring, for other less-competent colleagues. |
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