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In the twenty-first century, it is undoubted that technologies reveal a great impact on the leaders of educational organizations, playing an important and fundamental role in their daily management and administration. Thus, the leaders needed to change their attitude, reinforcing the vision of the fundamental and indispensable role of this resource, and of its contribution in the pedagogical, administrative, internal, and external communication plans and even to change the postures and paradigms of their communities. This study of the leaders of schools in primary school of a Portuguese region, with a methodology of a mixed nature, predominantly qualitative and descriptive, in which it was intended to understand the impacts of technologies on the leadership and management of schools, nowadays, and the mastery of the concepts of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), and Digital Information and Communication Technologies (TDIC). The analysis and interpretation of the data extracted in the interviews was carried out through documental research. The analysis of the data collected in the interview surveys was performed using the software webQDA®—Qualitative Data Analysis Software and its interpretation through the technique of content analysis and consequent categorization. Two conclusions emerged from our investigation: (i) younger directors, with less management experience and seniority in the profession, are the ones who most use technology in their administrative practice; (ii) the existence of a notorious lack of definition between the concept of ICT and TDIC in these leaderships, recognizing all the computer resources used, hardware or software, commonly as digital resources.
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Louro, P. et al. (2023). Technologies and Their Impact on the Leadership and Current Management of Schools. In: Mesquita, A., Abreu, A., Carvalho, J.V., de Mello, C.H.P. (eds) Perspectives and Trends in Education and Technology . Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 320. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6585-2_72
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