comparing us and spanish student teachers' perceptions on social media
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Comparing US and Spanish student teachers’ perceptions on Social Media
World Conference on Educational SciencesFebruary 2017
Gemma Tur Jeffrey CarpenterVictoria I. Marín
COMPARATIVE STUDY
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SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE IN US & SPAINSource Facebook Twitter Instagram Pinterest
U.S.A. 2016(Pew
Research Center report,
2016)
79 24 32 31
Spain 2014 (International Advertising
Bureau, 2015)
96 56 25 7
EDUCATIONAL USAGES OF SOCIAL MEDIA
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TWITTER LEARNING ACTIVITY
THE STUDY
153 participants: • 100 education students
from Spain (65.4%) • 53 from the U.S.
(34.6%).
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
• Are there differences in the way U.S. and Spanish pre-service teachers use Social Media?
• Are there differences in the way U.S. and Spanish pre-service teachers perceive the educational use of Twitter and other social media?
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What social media services do you use?
%SPAIN % USA χ2(1) p value
Facebook 92 1004.474 .034
Pinterest 10 67.955.278 <.001
Linkedin 5 30.218.56 <.001
Whatsapp 96 15.1104.159 <.001
GroupMe 0 81.1112.847 <.001
Instagram 63 73.62.072 .150
Twitter 51 60.41.503 .472
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Which of the following social media services do you think have educational uses? (Check all that apply).
%SPAIN % USA χ2(1) p value
Facebook 33% 41.5%4.436 .035
Pinterest 15% 66%41.015 <.001
Linkedin 8% 47.2%31.418 <.001
Whatsapp 14% 5.7%2.439 .118
GroupMe 5% 30.2%18.56 <.001
Instagram 24% 24.5%0.005 .942
DISCUSSION & CONCLUSIONS
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THANKS!• Dr. Gemma Tur
@[email protected] University of the Balearic Islands, Spain
• Dr. Jeffrey Carpenter @[email protected] University, U.S
• Dr. Victoria I. Marín @[email protected] Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany
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