Awareness of Facebook Education among Student Teachers in Present Scenario

Autor/in	Joan, Robert
Titel	Awareness of Facebook Education among Student Teachers in Present Scenario
Quelle	In: Journal on School Educational Technology, 10 (2015) 4, S.35-43 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0973-2217
Schlagwörter	Social Media; Technology Uses in Education; Educational Technology; Telecommunications; Handheld Devices; Gender Differences; Geographic Location; Religious Factors; Family Income; Knowledge Level; Preservice Teachers; Student Surveys; Hypothesis Testing; Correlation; Academic Achievement; Statistical Analysis; Foreign Countries; Content Validity; Qualitative Research; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Medien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Unterrichtsmedien; Telekommunikationstechnik; Geschlechterkonflikt; Familieneinkommen; Wissensbasis; Schülerbefragung; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Korrelation; Schulleistung; Statistische Analyse; Ausland; Qualitative Forschung; Indien
Abstract	Facebook is one of the most popular social networks in the world. Day by day, it is becoming an indispensable part of people lives affecting the daily routine of people. Developments in Computer Technology lead to developments in Communication Technologies and styles as well. Facebook is one of the significant examples of these developments. In addition, mobile phone companies encourage people to use wireless devices in order to connect to Social Network. The aim of the present study is to investigate the awareness of Facebook Education among student teachers in current scenario. The objective of the study was to find the difference between/among student teachers in their awareness of Facebook education with respect to gender, locality, religion and family income, and also to find the correlation between Facebook awareness and Academic achievement among student teachers in Kanyakumari district. The investigator used the survey method to determine the Facebook awareness of the students in the college of education. The present study consists of 140 samples from the population of Colleges of Education. The investigator has used two tools for the present study. They are "Facebook Awareness Scale" and Personal Data Sheet". The hypothesis of this study was that there is no significant difference/among student teachers in their Facebook awareness with respect to gender, locality, religion and family income. Also there is no significant correlation between Facebook awareness and academic achievement among student teachers in Kanyakumari district. The finding shows that there is no significant difference between/among student teachers in their Facebook awareness with respect to gender, locality, religion and family income. But there was positively very high correlation between Facebook Awareness and Academic achievement. Therefore it was concluded, that Facebook awareness in education is important to all the student teachers in different areas irrespective of the, gender, religion and income of the family. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01