Preparing school leaders for the fourth industrial revolution: An assessment of their continuous professional development needs

Omotayo Adewale Awodiji; Suraiya Rathankoomar Naicker

doi:10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100521

Preparing school leaders for the fourth industrial revolution: An assessment of their continuous professional development needs

Omotayo Adewale Awodiji, Suraiya Rathankoomar Naicker

Educational Leadership and Management

University of Johannesburg

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Abstract

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) radically altered career and institutional development. Hence, this study assessed the CPD needs of school leaders to prepare them for 4IR. The human capital development (HCD) theory was adopted. A survey approach was used. Random and snowball sampling approaches was used to select 284 school leaders. School leaders exhibited moderate proficiency in basic IT applications. The type of school only significantly affects information management and evaluation (IME) skills among school leaders. Primary and secondary schools have different CPD needs for school leaders regarding IME. The study concluded that school leaders should receive training on 4IR attributes, basic IT applications, and cutting-edge 4IR technologies.

Original language	English
Article number	100521
Journal	Social Sciences and Humanities Open
Volume	8
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100521
Publication status	Published - Jan 2023

Keywords

4IR
Basic schools
Continuous professional development
Information management and evaluation
School leaders

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Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)
Psychology (miscellaneous)

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