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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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 |
spellingShingle | Stewart Waters Matt Hensley 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 |
title_fullStr | Measuring Rural P-12 Teachers’ Attitudes, Perceptions, and Utilizations of Social Media |
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 |
title_sort | measuring rural p 12 teachers attitudes perceptions and utilizations of social media |
topic | Survey Research Social Media Teachers Rural Education |
url | https://ressat.org/index.php/ressat/article/view/506 |
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