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Social Media Tools in Initial Teacher Education

Social Media Tools in Initial Teacher Education
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Author(s): Liliana Mâţă (“Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacău, Romania)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 26
Source title: Mobile Computing and Wireless Networks: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8751-6.ch035

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Abstract

This chapter investigates the current context of integrating and exploiting social media tools in initial teacher education. The theoretical part highlights the latest approaches of social media on an international level from the perspective of the following elements: a) the concept of social media, b) the categories of tools, c) the implications of integrating social media technologies in the field of teacher education, and d) the configuration of innovative model of social media in the context of teacher training. The methodological part presents the results of a content analysis research of the way in which new social media tools may be used in initial teacher training. The research results contribute to establishing the main issues in this field as well as new solutions and directions for improving initial training programmes for teachers by means of social media tools.

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