Content Analysis of a Facebook Group as a Form of Mentoring for EFL Teachers

Autor/inn/en	Cinkara, Emrah; Arslan, Fadime Yalçin
Titel	Content Analysis of a Facebook Group as a Form of Mentoring for EFL Teachers
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 10 (2017) 3, S.40-53 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Content Analysis; Social Media; Web 2.0 Technologies; Mentors; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Language Teachers; Training Methods; Faculty Development; Qualitative Research; Statistical Analysis; Informal Education; Communities of Practice; Electronic Learning; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Educational Resources; Career Development; Teacher Collaboration + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Inhaltsanalyse; Soziale Medien; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Didaktik; Trainingsmaßnahme; Qualitative Forschung; Statistische Analyse; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Community; Pädagogische Kompetenz; Bildungsmittel; Berufsentwicklung; Lehrerkooperation
Abstract	Mentoring, a main constituent of teacher education, has taken new shape in recent years, with educators incorporating technology and social media into their practices. This study investigated the use of a Facebook group as a form of informal mentoring among teachers with reference to qualitative and quantitative data collected from the entries, responses and comments of group members. Findings included a list of mentoring topics along with the number of comments and words for each entry. In this way, we were able to analyse quantitatively the contents of each mentoring topic and provide as qualitative evidence clear examples from member comments and exchanges. The findings revealed that EFL teachers shared experiences and knowledge on various topics such as pedagogical knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, content knowledge, resources and career development. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01