Social Media in Teacher Education

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Author(s): Jeffrey Paul Carpenter (Elon University, USA)and Daniel G. Krutka (Texas Woman's University, USA)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 27
Source title: Handbook of Research on Teacher Education in the Digital Age
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Margaret L. Niess (Oregon State University, USA)and Henry Gillow-Wiles (Southern Oregon University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8403-4.ch002

Keywords: Education / Information Science Reference / Teacher Education

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Social media's rise has affected human interactions in significant ways, and such media may support learning. But how to prepare teachers who can maximize the educational potential of these technologies remains unclear. In this chapter the authors aim to summarize and synthesize extant research concerning social media use in teacher education, specifically attending to methods, theories, and findings. They begin by defining and situating social media with an eye towards affordances and drawbacks. The authors discuss pertinent research through the lens of experiences various mediums afford individuals and groups, including enhanced interaction, discussion, collaboration, community, feedback, mentoring, and support. Opportunities and challenges associated with the use of social media in the preparation of teachers in and for the digital age are discussed, and the chapter concludes by detailing implications of the existing literature for theory, practice, and future research.

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