Can Facebook Groups Enhance Continuing Professional Development of Teachers? Lessons from Kenya

Autor/inn/en	Bett, Harry; Makewa, Lazarus
Titel	Can Facebook Groups Enhance Continuing Professional Development of Teachers? Lessons from Kenya
Quelle	In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 48 (2020) 2, S.132-146 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bett, Harry)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1359-866X
DOI	10.1080/1359866X.2018.1542662
Schlagwörter	Social Media; Professional Continuing Education; Foreign Countries; English Teachers; Teacher Collaboration; Developing Nations; Discussion Groups; Communities of Practice; Elementary School Teachers; Secondary School Teachers; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Collegiality; Kenya + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Medien; Berufsfeldbezogener Unterricht; Weiterbildung; Ausland; English language lessons; Teacher; Teachers; Englischunterricht; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrerkooperation; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Community; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Pädagogische Kompetenz; Kollegialität; Kenia
Abstract	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 Facebook Groups can be fertile avenues for teachers' ongoing professional development, especially in developing countries where such opportunities are scarce. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01