Principals’ Attitudes towards ICT and Their Perceptions about the Factors That Facilitate or Inhibit ICT Integration in Primary Schools of Cyprus

A sequential mixed method approach was used to answer the research questions that guided this study. First, a survey was conducted among principals. Using a stratified random sampling 250 primary school principals from all over Cyprus (total population was 336) participated in this study. Data were collected through questionnaires, which were mailed to the principals. One hundred and thirty one questionnaires were received completed (response rate 52.4%). Then, a qualitative approach was followed. Eight principals were chosen to be interviewed based on specific criteria. The mixed method approach was chosen in order to safeguard the purpose of triangulation, complementarity, and expansion. Quantitative data were analyzed using the statistical package SPSS and descriptive and inferential statistics were used to answer the research questions. The method of qualitative content analysis was used for the analysis of the qualitative data.