The School Administrator’s Social Network Use Intentions

Abstract

Today, in line with the rapid changes and developments in the technological field, as in every field, school administrators holding an important place in the education sector, should keep up with technological developments. In this context, the aim of school administrators' use of social networks becomes prominent. In this study, it was aimed to examine the purpose of school administrators' use of social networks in terms of gender, age, title, educational status, year of service and the institution they belong to. Research is a descriptive study in the screening model. The universe of the research is the school administrators in Sakarya province. The sample was chosen from the universe by simple random sampling method based on the principle of unbiasedness. In the analysis of the obtained data, descriptive statistical techniques were used in accordance with the problem situations studied in the research. According to the results of the study, it was determined that the “Collabration” has the highest score where “Initiating Communication” has the lowest score within the purposes of schools administrators’ use of social networks. According to this, school administrators use social networks more for cooperation.

Keywords

• Social Network,School Managers,Social Network Use Intentions

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