Beginning Teachers
Beginning Teachers
Social media offer new opportunities for beginning teachers
Beginning Teachers
Social media offer new opportunities for beginning teachers
but also introduce new challenges
Beginning Teachers
Beginning Teachers
Beginning teachers must juggle more outlets
Beginning Teachers
Beginning teachers must juggle more outlets
and potentially competing voices for professional learning
Gap
Gap
Unclear how professional learning through social media
Gap
Unclear how professional learning through social media
impacts instructional practice
Framework
Professional Learning Networks:
Framework
Professional Learning Networks:
Resources + People + Spaces
Framework
Resources:
Framework
Resources:
knowledge, skills, teaching tools, curricular materials, and encouragement
Framework
People:
Framework
People:
individuals and groups
Framework
Spaces:
Framework
Spaces:
online and offline
Method
Design:
Method
Design:
Multiple case study
Method
Participants:
Method
Participants:
- College of Education alumni (n = 5)
Method
Participants:
College of Education alumni (n = 5)
Science teachers (across middle and high school)
Method
Participants:
College of Education alumni (n = 5)
Science teachers (across middle and high school)
First or second year of teaching
Method
Data Collection:
Method
Data Collection:
- 8 weeks of diary entries reflecting upon social media use
Method
Data Collection:
8 weeks of diary entries reflecting upon social media use
5 one-hour interviews with each participant
Method
Data Analysis:
Method
Data Analysis:
- Open-ended thematic analysis of diary entries and interview transcripts
Results
Social Media Ecosystem
Results
Social Media Ecosystem
- Many spaces where beginning teachers are searching and following
Results
Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) Development
Results
Pedagogical knowledge: How to teach
Results
Pedagogical knowledge: How to teach
- deepening understanding
Results
Pedagogical knowledge: How to teach
deepening understanding
practicing skills
Results
Pedagogical knowledge: How to teach
deepening understanding
practicing skills
reviewing concepts
Results
Content knowledge: What to teach
Results
Content knowledge: What to teach
- getting ideas and inspiration
Results
Content knowledge: What to teach
getting ideas and inspiration
staying up-to-date on news and topics
Results
Content knowledge: What to teach
getting ideas and inspiration
staying up-to-date on news and topics
giving students different perspectives
Results
Frustrations:
Results
Lack of depth:
Results
Lack of depth:
No evidence of sensemaking or critical thinking
Implications
"New" model:
Implications
"New" model:
- Synthesized PCK model for using social media and adapting instructional practices
Implications
"New" model:
Synthesized PCK model for using social media and adapting instructional practices
Focus on self-directing the search for both what and how to teach
Implications
"New" teacher knowledge and competencies:
Implications
"New" teacher knowledge and competencies:
- Professional development for self-directing the search for both what and how to teach
Future Research
Future Research
- Recruit larger sample
Future Research
Recruit larger sample
Refine longitudinal design
Conclusion
Conclusion
- Social media offer new opportunities for beginning teachers but also introduce new challenges
Conclusion
Social media offer new opportunities for beginning teachers but also introduce new challenges
Refocus efforts to support teachers as they supplement and self-direct their professional learning