Investigating Stakeholders’ Views on Technology Integration: The Role of Educational Leadership for Sustainable Inclusive Education

Mutlu Uygur, Burak Ayçiçek, Hikmet Doğrul and Tuğba Yanpar Yelken
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Mutlu Uygur: Faculty of Education, Mersin University, Mersin 33110, Turkey
Burak Ayçiçek: Department of Child Care and Youth Services, Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University, Tokat 60250, Turkey
Hikmet Doğrul: Faculty of Education, Mersin University, Mersin 33110, Turkey
Tuğba Yanpar Yelken: Faculty of Education, Mersin University, Mersin 33110, Turkey

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 24, 1-24

Abstract: This study aims to determine the views of teachers, school administrative staff having educational leadership roles, and faculty members on integration of technology and the role of educational leadership for sustainable inclusive education. The study group included 38 teachers working in Mersin province, Turkey, 11 school administrative staff, and 11 faculty members working at the Education Faculty. This study was structured employing a “basic interpretive qualitative study model”. In the study, a semi-structured interview form consisting of open-ended questions was used as a data collection tool. According to the findings, the faculty members do not consider that inclusive education practices reach an adequate level of sustainability. Therefore, the participants also suggest adding a sustainable inclusive education course in teacher education programs. School administrative staff and teachers have emphasized that technological infrastructures of schools are inadequate for sustainable inclusive education practices. A majority of teachers have used technology in sustainable inclusive education practices. Overall, the participants believe that the integration of technology into sustainable inclusive education has positive effects on students such as ensuring permanent, quick, and easy learning. This study proves that different stakeholders that have a key role in providing sustainable inclusive education handle this issue from different perspectives and they have both positive and negative opinions on the sustainable inclusive education practices.

Keywords: sustainable inclusive education; educational leadership; integration of technology; lifelong learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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