Pre-service Teachers' Use of General Social Networking Sites Linked to Current Scenarios: Nature and Characteristics

Social networking sites form part of everyday life in classrooms at all educational levels. Within these, general social networking sites (GSNSs) offer pre-service teachers flexibility, versatility and the possibility of forming educational communities by connecting formal, non-formal and informal s...

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Autores: Calderón, Diego, Gil-Fernández, Raquel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/202058
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/202058
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Palabra clave:Formació del professorat
Educació superior
Xarxes socials en línia
Teacher training
Higher education
Online social networks
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spelling Pre-service Teachers' Use of General Social Networking Sites Linked to Current Scenarios: Nature and CharacteristicsCalderón, DiegoGil-Fernández, RaquelFormació del professoratEducació superiorXarxes socials en líniaTeacher trainingHigher educationOnline social networksSocial networking sites form part of everyday life in classrooms at all educational levels. Within these, general social networking sites (GSNSs) offer pre-service teachers flexibility, versatility and the possibility of forming educational communities by connecting formal, non-formal and informal settings. This research analyses the nature, intensity, and type of pre-service teachers' use of such for educational purposes in their initial training in order to detect the most important aspects for improvement. Possible factors shaping behaviour were gender, whether individuals belonged to universities operating online or in person, differences in the types of studies they were undertaking, and the time at which the questionnaire was administered, before or after the COVID-19 health crisis. To this end, we studied how much and with what aims these students use the most widely used GSNSs for educational purposes. To do so, we administered a questionnaire to a total of 812 students from 6 Spanish universities. The results show a preference for WhatsApp, YouTube, and Instagram. In addition, it was found that undergraduate students used them more intensively than postgraduate students. In the case of online universities, there was a greater need to cover affective and emotional aspects than in in-person universities. As in almost all areas, the situation caused by COVID-19 changed the way social networks were used. The findings also show that pre-service teachers consumed more information on social media than what they produced, which leads to a failure to fully exploit social capital and potential job or academic opportunities that could be generated through their own creations.Springer Nature2022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/202058Articles publicats en revistes (Didàctiques Aplicades)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-022-09609-7Technology, Knowledge and Learning , 2022, num. 28, p. 1325-1349https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-022-09609-7cc-by (c) Calderón et al., 2022https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/2020582026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Pre-service Teachers' Use of General Social Networking Sites Linked to Current Scenarios: Nature and Characteristics
title Pre-service Teachers' Use of General Social Networking Sites Linked to Current Scenarios: Nature and Characteristics
spellingShingle Pre-service Teachers' Use of General Social Networking Sites Linked to Current Scenarios: Nature and Characteristics
Calderón, Diego
Formació del professorat
Educació superior
Xarxes socials en línia
Teacher training
Higher education
Online social networks
title_short Pre-service Teachers' Use of General Social Networking Sites Linked to Current Scenarios: Nature and Characteristics
title_full Pre-service Teachers' Use of General Social Networking Sites Linked to Current Scenarios: Nature and Characteristics
title_fullStr Pre-service Teachers' Use of General Social Networking Sites Linked to Current Scenarios: Nature and Characteristics
title_full_unstemmed Pre-service Teachers' Use of General Social Networking Sites Linked to Current Scenarios: Nature and Characteristics
title_sort Pre-service Teachers' Use of General Social Networking Sites Linked to Current Scenarios: Nature and Characteristics
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Calderón, Diego
Gil-Fernández, Raquel
author Calderón, Diego
author_facet Calderón, Diego
Gil-Fernández, Raquel
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Formació del professorat
Educació superior
Xarxes socials en línia
Teacher training
Higher education
Online social networks
topic Formació del professorat
Educació superior
Xarxes socials en línia
Teacher training
Higher education
Online social networks
description Social networking sites form part of everyday life in classrooms at all educational levels. Within these, general social networking sites (GSNSs) offer pre-service teachers flexibility, versatility and the possibility of forming educational communities by connecting formal, non-formal and informal settings. This research analyses the nature, intensity, and type of pre-service teachers' use of such for educational purposes in their initial training in order to detect the most important aspects for improvement. Possible factors shaping behaviour were gender, whether individuals belonged to universities operating online or in person, differences in the types of studies they were undertaking, and the time at which the questionnaire was administered, before or after the COVID-19 health crisis. To this end, we studied how much and with what aims these students use the most widely used GSNSs for educational purposes. To do so, we administered a questionnaire to a total of 812 students from 6 Spanish universities. The results show a preference for WhatsApp, YouTube, and Instagram. In addition, it was found that undergraduate students used them more intensively than postgraduate students. In the case of online universities, there was a greater need to cover affective and emotional aspects than in in-person universities. As in almost all areas, the situation caused by COVID-19 changed the way social networks were used. The findings also show that pre-service teachers consumed more information on social media than what they produced, which leads to a failure to fully exploit social capital and potential job or academic opportunities that could be generated through their own creations.
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