I am studying the issue of teacher professionalism and social media because I want to find out how teachers are being held accountable for their misuse of social media in order to better understand what the consequences of this are so that we will know more about what teachers, and those in teacher preparation programs, need to be aware of with regard to their use of social media.
Hi Kieran,
ReplyDeleteYour research topic is quite interesting. I do believe that social media have great impacts on teaching methods and environments and it should be introduced into the teacher preparation programs. You could use a certain social media as an example, and talk about its effects in different aspects in teaching process.
Crystal
Hi Kieran,
ReplyDeleteThis sounds a really interesting project! Are you going to be focused on K-12 teacher or teachers who teach adult learners or university/college students? As the student population is quite different (youth vs. adult learners), I think the issues about impacts of social media on teacher professionalism may be different as well. As what Crystal suggested, are you planning to narrow down with one type of social media or will exam various of social media?
Hi Crystal & Hui,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your feedback; I guess the research questions as I have written it is a bit vague. However, I have detailed my approach in my post “A reading in my own area of interest” which explains that I will be focusing on the *misuse* of social media by teachers registered with the Teacher Branch of the B.C. government Ministry of Education (i.e. K-12). I will be looking at the findings of misuse of social media that are detailed in the Discipline Outcomes on the Teacher Regulation Branch of the B.C. government Ministry of Education website and so I will be looking at the various social media that are included in these rather than choosing one(s) myself.
I hope that this explains things a bit better. I guess I will have to redraft my research question so that it makes it clearer exactly what I am planning to do.
See you guys tomorrow!
Hi Kieran,
ReplyDeleteThanks for pointing this out. I have never realized the existance of such a problem. I wonder whether it would be better to seperate senior teachers and young teachers because they would probably have different understanding and perceptions on technology and social media.
Hi Haynam,
ReplyDeleteMy topic is looking at the *misuse* of social media by K-12 teachers in BC. Essentially, I am looking how teachers "break the rules" using social media; for example, a teacher might make "impropriate suggestions" to a student via Facebook which, when this is found out, causes that teacher to be punished in some way. These teachers are all members of the Teacher Branch of the B.C. government Ministry of Education and so must abide by the rules, regulations, and findings of this body. These rules are the same for all teachers, senior and young. Each school has their own social media policy guidelines which teachers are aware of; this is part of the requirements of doing their job. The age of the teacher is not important; they all need to follow these "rules".