Understanding Structural and Cultural School Characteristics in Relation to Educational Change: The Case of ICT Integration

Autor/inn/en	Tondeur, Jo; Devos, Geert; van Houtte, Mieke; van Braak, Johan; Valcke, Martin
Titel	Understanding Structural and Cultural School Characteristics in Relation to Educational Change: The Case of ICT Integration
Quelle	In: Educational Studies, 35 (2009) 2, S.223-235 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-5698
Schlagwörter	Institutional Characteristics; Elementary Schools; Educational Change; Technology Integration; School Culture; School Policy; Technology Planning; Elementary School Teachers; Teacher Surveys; Multivariate Analysis; Foreign Countries; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Bildungsreform; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Schulpolitik; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Multivariate Analyse; Ausland; Belgien
Abstract	This study builds on the idea that school characteristics affect educational change, such as ICT integration. The goal of this inquiry is to explore both structural school characteristics (i.e. infrastructure, planning and support) and cultural school characteristics (i.e. leadership, goal orientedness and innovativeness) and how they contribute to ICT integration in the classroom. A survey of 527 teachers in 68 primary schools in Flanders (Belgium) was conducted that focused on teacher perceptions about structural and cultural school characteristics and their use of ICT in the classroom. In order to study the variables at school level, teacher responses were aggregated. The next step was to delineate school profiles originating from structural and cultural school characteristics by using a cluster analysis. Finally, the relationship between these school profiles and ICT integration was studied. The results suggest that (1) structural and cultural school characteristics fit together and (2) are relevant catalysts for ICT integration in the classroom. (Contains 1 note, 3 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10