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TI - Can Facebook groups enhance continuing professional development of teachers? Lessons from Kenya
AU - Bett, Harry
AU - Makewa, Lazarus
T2 - Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education
AB - Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for teachers in Kenya suffers from challenges such as inadequate resources, poor planning, competing interests, among others. Besides being traditional in approach, most CPD sessions are far between to be meaningfully helpful. With increasing uptake of technology and number of social media users in Kenya, Facebook can be a potential platform to enhance teachers’ professional development. This exploratory cross-sectional survey focussed on discussions teachers had in the month of February 2015 on one Facebook Group named ‘Teachers of English’. A directed content analysis of the 647 posts following Shulman’s category of teacher knowledge base revealed that interactions on the group centred on the teaching of English and Literature, as well as on other education-related matters. This study concludes that that Facebook Groups can be fertile avenues for teachers’ ongoing professional development, especially in developing countries where such opportunities are scarce.
DA - 2020/03/14/
PY - 2020
DO - 10.1080/1359866x.2018.1542662
DP - Taylor and Francis+NEJM
VL - 48
IS - 2
SP - 132
EP - 146
LA - English
SN - 1359-866X
ST - Can Facebook groups enhance continuing professional development of teachers?
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TY - JOUR
TI - Can Facebook groups enhance continuing professional development of teachers? Lessons from Kenya
AU - Bett, Harry
AU - Makewa, Lazarus
T2 - Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education
AB - Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for teachers in Kenya suffers from challenges such as inadequate resources, poor planning, competing interests, among others. Besides being traditional in approach, most CPD sessions are far between to be meaningfully helpful. With increasing uptake of technology and number of social media users in Kenya, Facebook can be a potential platform to enhance teachers’ professional development. This exploratory cross-sectional survey focussed on discussions teachers had in the month of February 2015 on one Facebook Group named ‘Teachers of English’. A directed content analysis of the 647 posts following Shulman’s category of teacher knowledge base revealed that interactions on the group centred on the teaching of English and Literature, as well as on other education-related matters. This study concludes that that Facebook Groups can be fertile avenues for teachers’ ongoing professional development, especially in developing countries where such opportunities are scarce.
DA - 2018/11//
PY - 2018
DO - 10.1080/1359866X.2018.1542662
VL - 48
IS - 2
SP - 132
EP - 146
LA - English
SN - 1359866X
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AN - 2382044577
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