Digital Technology Integration in Public Secondary Schools Towards Developing a Lead-ICT Framework
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20400969Keywords:
digital-age instructional leadership, ICT integration, TPACK, SAMR modelAbstract
This study examined the digital-age instructional leadership and its relationship with technology integration in public secondary schools. It assessed leadership practices in terms of visionary leadership, digital resource management, professional learning, technology-supported supervision, and ICT policy implementation. It also determined teachers’ level of technology integration using the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework and the Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition (SAMR) model, identified challenges encountered, and analyzed differences between digital natives and digital immigrants. Using a quantitative-descriptive and correlational design, data were collected from teacher-respondents through a validated survey questionnaire. Statistical tools such as mean, standard deviation, regression analysis, and t-test were utilized. Findings revealed that school leaders demonstrated a high level of digital-age instructional leadership, while teachers exhibited a very high level of technology integration, particularly in pedagogical practices. However, integration was more evident at enhancement rather than transformative levels. Challenges were experienced at moderate to high levels, with student-related factors and resource limitations as the most significant. Significant differences were found between digital natives and digital immigrants in selected domains. Moreover, a significant relationship existed between digital-age instructional leadership and technology integration. The study concluded that strengthening student readiness and improving resource availability were essential to achieving transformative ICT integration. A Digital-Age Instructional Leadership for ICT Integration framework was proposed to enhance teaching practices and student learning outcomes.
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