A Systematic literature Review of ICT in the Educational System of Iran

This study aimed to design and validate the conceptual, ethical decision-making model of school principals in the province of Lorestan. The study is applied in terms of purpose and mixed-methods in terms of data collection. The qualitative section utilized the grounded theory approach, the paradigm-based theme analysis method, and interpretive structural modeling. The quantitative section was built on the exploratory, descriptive method. The qualitative section's research field comprised education experts, particularly those with scientific experience in decision-making. In the quantitative section, the statistical population consisted of all school principals in the province of Lorestan, totaling approximately one thousand individuals. The qualitative section drew on semi-structured interviews with 18 purposively selected school principals for data collection. The quantitative section selected a statistical sample of 181 people using random cluster sampling and Krejcie and Morgan's table. In the qualitative section, the obtained data were analyzed utilizing thematic analysis based on the paradigm model and interpretive structural modeling using the MAXQDA 18 software. the questionnaire's reliability was assured by computing Cronbach's alpha coefficient as 0.95. The confirmatory factor analysis and partial square model methods were utilized to analyze the quantitative data using SPSS-25 and SPSS Amos software programs. According to the qualitative findings, there were 15 organizing themes and five overarching themes, including contextual factors, causal, strategic, intervening, and outcomes. The quantitative results from structural equation modeling revealed that the tested model of ethical decision-making of school principals in Lorestan province has a good fit.