Investigating the use of Facebook in the home economics classroom
department or school: Education, Faculty of
department or school: Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of
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alternative: Facebook in the home economics classroom
creator: Abbott-Mackie, Gayle Ann
issued: 2023-11-16T20:28:04Z
issued: 2014-04-15
description: There is a growing controversy over the use of Facebook in education; the use of social media is currently a “hot” topic in education, some argue for its integration and others disfavour it. Teachers and students routinely use Facebook and other social media in their personal lives, so there is now significant interest in how might those same tools be put to academic use. Although there are some researchers who have written about the potential of social media in education, only a few studies have specifically addressed its role in curriculum and pedagogy. I believe that the main reason behind this controversy is the lack of solid empirical research about the overall value of not only Facebook but of all popular social media in education. In the spring of 2012, I decided to initiate the use of Facebook in my Home Economics classes. This graduating paper, Investigating the Use of Facebook in the Home Economics Classroom, documents my teacher inquiry/action research project to monitor and to determine its effect on my teaching practice and on the way students experience the course.
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note: FACEBOOK IN THE HOME ECONOMICS CLASSROOM 1 Investigating The Use of Facebook In The Home Economics Classroom by Gayle Ann Abbott-Mackie (Bachelor of Education, University of Victoria, 1998) A GRADUATING PAPER SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULLFILLMENT OF THE REQUIRMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF Master of Education in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES Curriculum and Pedagogy – Human Ecology and Everyday Life The University of British Columbia (Vancouver) © (Gayle Ann Abbott-Mackie) (April 15, 2014) FACEBOOK IN THE HOME ECONOMICS CLASSROOM 2 ABSTRACT There is a growing controversy over the use of Facebook in education; the use of social media is currently a “hot” topic in education, some argue for its integration and others disfavour it. Teachers and students routinely use Facebook and other social media in their personal lives, so there is now significant interest in how might those same tools be put to academic use. Although there are some researchers who have written about the potential of social media in education, only a few studies have specifically addressed its role in curriculum and pedagogy. I believe that the main reason behind this controversy is the lack of solid empirical research about the overall value of not only Facebook but of all popular social media in education. In the spring of 2012, I decided to initiate the use of Facebook in my Home Economics classes. This graduating paper, Investigating the Use of Facebook in the Home Economics Classroom, documents my teacher inquiry/action research project to monitor and to determine its effect on my teaching practice and on the way students experience the course. FACEBOOK IN THE HOME ECONOMICS CLASSROOM 3 DEDICATION The focus of this paper was understanding how social media, specifically Facebook could be used in my teaching practice so it is appropriate to thank all of those HEEL cohort members; especially those who regularly posted updates and messages on the HEEL Facebook page. I don’t know what I would have done without…
has type: Graduating Project
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0437701
language: eng
peer review status: Unreviewed
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
is part of: University of British Columbia. EDCP 590
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/86545