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1、15SomeperspectivesofOmaniprimaryheadteachersonE-learningHarithN.S.AlHinaiandDesmondRutherfordSchoolofEducation,TheUniversityofBirminghamPaperpresentedattheAnnualConferenceoftheBritishEducationalLeadership,ManagementandAdministrationSociety(BELMAS)on“E-learningandLeadershipDeve
2、lopment:TechnologyforEducationManagers”inHarbenHouse,NewportPagnell,England,from5th–7thOctober2001Addressforcorrespondenceandcomments:ØHarithN.S.AlHinai,RoomG7,SchoolofEducation,UniversityofBirmingham,Edgbaston,BirminghamB152TT,UK.oE-mail:harith_alhinai@maktoob.comoTel:+44(0)1
3、214144386oFax:+44(0)1214144865ØDr.DesmondRutherford,SchoolofEducation,UniversityofBirmingham,Edgbaston,BirminghamB152TT,UK.oE-mail:R.J.D.Rutherford@bham.ac.ukoTel:+44(0)1214144804oFax:+44(0)121414486515ABSTRACTThepurposeofthispaperistopresentsomeoftheresearchers’findingsfromth
4、efieldworkrequiredforaPhDprogrammeon‘LeadershipinOmaniPrimarySchools’attheUniversityofBirmingham,UK,whichwasconductedinfouroutoftheteneducationalregionsinOman.Theprimaryschoolsintheseregionsmakeup59%ofthetotalpopulationofprimaryschoolsinOman.Thetargetedgroupsforthisresearchcon
5、sistofofficialsfromtheMinistryofEducationanditsregionaloffices(policymakers)andheadteachers(schoolleaders/practitioners).Thefocusofthispaperisonexploringtheofficials’andtheschoolleaders’intentiontoequipschoolswithLearningResourceCentres(LRC)andsoenablethemtouseInformationandCo
6、mmunicationsTechnologies(ICT)tomodernisetheprimaryschools.Furthermore,itisessentialforOmaniprimaryschoolleaders,especiallyheadteachers,tobeconfidentintheiruseofICTtoenablethemtomanagetheirschoolsmoreefficiently.Fromthispointofview,theyhavetobeknowledgeableaboutthesenewtechnolo
7、gicalopportunitiesandtheirrelevancetoschoolleadershipandmanagement,inordertobeabletoguidetheirownschoolsthroughtheICTrevolution.Insodoing,theywillbecomemoreeffectiveandmoreefficientleadersandsomoreabletomeetthechallengesofthecurrentreformofprimaryschoolsinOman(Rutherford&AlHin
8、ai,2001).INTRODUCTIONThispaperwillfocusonthecurrentreformofth