Secondary School Teachers’ Attitude Towards the Use of Social Media as a Teaching Platform in Nigeria

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dc.contributor.advisor İşçioğlu, Ersun
dc.contributor.author Jabai, Faith Shekwagu
dc.date.accessioned 2021-01-05T08:17:03Z
dc.date.available 2021-01-05T08:17:03Z
dc.date.issued 2017
dc.date.submitted 2017
dc.identifier.citation Jabai, Faith Shekwagu. (2017). Secondary School Teachers’ Attitude Towards the Use of Social Media as a Teaching Platform in Nigeria. Thesis (M.Ed.), Eastern Mediterranean University, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Dept. of Educational Sciences, Famagusta: North Cyprus. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11129/4785
dc.description Master of Science in Information and Communication Technologies in Education. Thesis (M.S.)--Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Education, Dept. of Computer and Instructional Technology Teacher Education, 2017. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ersun İşçioğlu. en_US
dc.description.abstract Secondary School Teachers‘ attitude towards the use of social media as a platform for educational purposes in Nigeria. The main aim of the study is to investigate secondary school teachers‘ attitude towards use of social media as a teaching platform. The study makes use of quantitative methodology. 112 teachers within the country‘s capital city- Abuja participated as respondents to the distributed questionnaires. Findings reveal that teachers are familiar with at least two social media platforms namely Facebook and Youtube and frequent users of the aforementioned platforms as well. However, the least frequent and familiar sites are LinkedIn and Slideshare. The general attitude of the teachers are positive towards social media usage. Age and gender had no effect to teachers‘ general attitude towards social media. en_US
dc.description.abstract ÖZ: Bu çalışmanın temel amacı, Nigerya – Abuja‘da orta öğretim okullarında görev yapmakta olan öğretmenlerinin sosyal medya ortamlarını öğretim amaçlı kullanmalarına yönelik tutumlarını incelemektedir. Çalışma nicel bir çalışma olarak düzenlenmiştir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubu Nijerya Abuja kentinde görev yapmakta olan 112 öğretmenden oluşmuştur. Çalışma sonucunda öğretmenlerin en az iki sosyal medya ortamına aşina oldukları (Facebook ve YouTube) ve en sık kullandıkları sosyal medya ortamlarının da Facebook ve YouTube olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca çalışma sonucunda öğretmenlerin en az kullandıkları sosyal medya ortamlarının da LinkedIn ve Slideshare olduğu belirlenmiştir. Ek olarak çalışmada, öğretmenlerin sosyal medyaya yönelik olumlu tutumları olduğu ortaya çıkarılmıştır. Ancak öğretmenlerin cinsiyet ve yaşlarının sosyal medyaya yönelik tutumlarının üzerinde etkisinin olmadığı görülmüştür. en_US
dc.language.iso eng en_US
dc.publisher Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ) en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess en_US
dc.subject Computer and Instructional Technology Teacher Education en_US
dc.subject Information and Communication Technologies in Education en_US
dc.subject Internet in education--Educational technology--Social aspects--Social media en_US
dc.subject Education - Computer network resources--Social Media--Teaching Platform en_US
dc.subject Social Media--Educational Technology--Teacher Attitudes en_US
dc.subject Teaching - Computer network resources en_US
dc.subject Information Communication Technology (ICT) en_US
dc.subject Social Media en_US
dc.subject Teachers‘ Attitude en_US
dc.title Secondary School Teachers’ Attitude Towards the Use of Social Media as a Teaching Platform in Nigeria en_US
dc.type masterThesis en_US
dc.contributor.department Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Education, Dept. of Computer and Instructional Technology Teacher Education en_US


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