The Examination of Public Education Center Trainers’ Attitudes towards Social Media and Their Self-Efficacy in Social Networks for Instructional Purposes

Year 2019, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 54 - 69, 01.06.2019

Cavit Erdoğmuş Özgen Korkmaz , Recep Çakır , Feray Uğur Erdoğmuş

https://doi.org/10.17275/per.19.5.6.1

Cited By: 1

Abstract

The
aim of this research is to examine the attitudes of public education center
trainers to social media in terms of demographic (age, gender, education, etc.)
characteristic and their self-efficacy in social networks for instructional
purposes. In this study, quantitative and qualitative data were collected by
using mixed method study. The study group was consisted of volunteer educators
working in Suluova Public Education Center in Turkey. Results of this study
showed that teachers' attitudes towards social media and their self-efficacy
perceptions towards the instructional use of social media were higher. With
respect to demographic characteristics, their attitudes towards social media
showed differentiation in terms of gender and education, and no differentiation
was observed in terms of other characteristics. There was a significant
difference in the educational status and marital status characteristics of the
trainers' self-efficacy for educational uses of social networks. There was a
positive correlation between the attitudes of the instructors towards social
media and their self-efficacy for educational uses of social networks.
Perceptions of the instructors regarding social media were mostly positive.
Participants stated that they used social media for communication, professional
and personal development as well as follow-up, liking, sharing feelings and
thoughts, personal presentation and training purposes.

Keywords

Public Education Center, Social Media, Educational Social Network, Self-Efficacy

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