تصور مقترح لتمكين القادة التربويين من التكيف مع اتجاهات الذكاء الاصطناعي والابتكارات التكنولوجية
The research aimed to identify the perceptions of educational leaders towards adapting to the trends of artificial intelligence and technological innovation in public education in the Jeddah region, and the most prominent proposed solutions to enhance this adaptation, and to reveal whether there were statistical differences in their response attributed to the variables (academic qualification, job title, and years of experience). The researcher used the descriptive survey method and the qualitative method. The research tools were a questionnaire and a structured interview, and the study sample included (350) educational leaders in the Jeddah region. The research results showed that educational leaders had perceptions of (agree) in adapting to the trends of employing artificial intelligence and innovation in education. The results of the participants’ interviews revealed proposed solutions to enhance adaptation, focusing on developing continuous training programs, improving the technological infrastructure, enhancing cooperation with technology companies, and encouraging innovation and individual initiatives. It also revealed the existence of statistically significant differences in the study sample’s estimates of adaptation to trends in artificial intelligence and innovation, attributed to the variable (academic qualification, years of experience); in favor of leaders with qualifications (bachelor’s) and less experience (5 years), while there were no differences attributed to the variable (job title). (Published abstract)