ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Educ.

Sec. Digital Education

Volume 10 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/feduc.2025.1440731

The Effect of Digital Transformation on Teacher Performance Evaluation in Palestinian Schools

Provisionally accepted
Madleen  Jihad MasaeedMadleen Jihad Masaeed1*Sanabel  Amer ShehadaSanabel Amer Shehada2Mersal  Abdullah MersalMersal Abdullah Mersal2
  • 1Arab American University, Jenin, Palestine
  • 2An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine

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technology to bring about a radical shift in work methods, aiming to serve beneficiaries more efficiently and quickly. The study aimed to assess the impact of digital transformation within the Ministry of education, as seen by Palestinian public school principals. The analytical descriptive curriculum was adopted, and the data were collected using a questionnaire of 36 items distributed over three dimensions. The study included all the principals of Public Schools in two cities in Palestine. The results indicated that school principals observed a remarkable level of digital transformation within the Ministry of Education. Moreover, a significant correlation between digital transformation planning, preparing leaders for digital transformation and evaluating employee performance. However, no statistically significant relationship was found between organizational readiness for digital transformation and employee performance assessment. Researchers recommend that educational institutions develop comprehensive digital transformation programs and provide ongoing opportunities for teacher training.

Keywords: Digital Transformation (DT), Evaluation of performance, Principles perspectives, Education, technology in education

Received: 29 May 2024; Accepted: 14 Apr 2025.

Copyright: © 2025 Masaeed, Shehada and Mersal. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence: Madleen Jihad Masaeed, Arab American University, Jenin, Palestine

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