Measuring Rural P-12 Teachers’ Attitudes, Perceptions, and Utilizations of Social Media

Social media continues to evolve and change the way people interact, learn, and communicate. As social media continues to grow in importance within societies, it is critical to better understand how teachers view social media as an educational resource. This quantitative study examines the general a...

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Main Authors: Stewart Waters, Matt Hensley
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Language:English
Published: OpenED Network 2020-11-01
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Online Access:https://ressat.org/index.php/ressat/article/view/506
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description Social media continues to evolve and change the way people interact, learn, and communicate. As social media continues to grow in importance within societies, it is critical to better understand how teachers view social media as an educational resource. This quantitative study examines the general attitudes, perceptions, and utilizations of social media among P-12 teachers in a rural school district. Findings indicate that most teachers view social media as a high risk proposition for student use in the classroom, but do see social media as potentially useful and relevant to learning in the P-12 classroom.
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spelling doaj.art-b2f343015d0f4535b1127ebc1f8dc0352023-02-15T16:18:01ZengOpenED NetworkResearch in Social Sciences and Technology2468-68912020-11-0153Measuring Rural P-12 Teachers’ Attitudes, Perceptions, and Utilizations of Social MediaStewart Waters0Matt Hensley1University of TennesseeUniversity of TennesseeSocial media continues to evolve and change the way people interact, learn, and communicate. As social media continues to grow in importance within societies, it is critical to better understand how teachers view social media as an educational resource. This quantitative study examines the general attitudes, perceptions, and utilizations of social media among P-12 teachers in a rural school district. Findings indicate that most teachers view social media as a high risk proposition for student use in the classroom, but do see social media as potentially useful and relevant to learning in the P-12 classroom.https://ressat.org/index.php/ressat/article/view/506Survey ResearchSocial MediaTeachersRural Education
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Measuring Rural P-12 Teachers’ Attitudes, Perceptions, and Utilizations of Social Media
Research in Social Sciences and Technology
Survey Research
Social Media
Teachers
Rural Education
title Measuring Rural P-12 Teachers’ Attitudes, Perceptions, and Utilizations of Social Media
title_full Measuring Rural P-12 Teachers’ Attitudes, Perceptions, and Utilizations of Social Media
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title_full_unstemmed Measuring Rural P-12 Teachers’ Attitudes, Perceptions, and Utilizations of Social Media
title_short Measuring Rural P-12 Teachers’ Attitudes, Perceptions, and Utilizations of Social Media
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topic Survey Research
Social Media
Teachers
Rural Education
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