TY - JOUR
T1 - Professional development through social media
T2 - A comparative study on male and female teachers' use of Facebook Groups
AU - Patahuddin, Sitti Maesuri
AU - Rokhmah, Siti
AU - Caffery, Jo
AU - Gunawardena, Maya
N1 - Funding Information:
The larger study was supported by the Australian Government, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade [grant number 70861 ].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - Remote Indonesian secondary mathematics teachers in educationally disadvantaged communities have limited access to professional development and educational resources. Female teachers have less access as cultural barriers restrict their engagement in face-to-face activities. Activity data from a three-year private professional development Facebook Group were analysed for gender related engagement. Whilst there were no significant overall gender differences in engagement, the data shows that cultural barriers did not inhibit female mathematics teachers' engagement, and that there were subtle differences in the content of posts between male and female participants, which created opportunities to enrich the professional development experience of both genders.
AB - Remote Indonesian secondary mathematics teachers in educationally disadvantaged communities have limited access to professional development and educational resources. Female teachers have less access as cultural barriers restrict their engagement in face-to-face activities. Activity data from a three-year private professional development Facebook Group were analysed for gender related engagement. Whilst there were no significant overall gender differences in engagement, the data shows that cultural barriers did not inhibit female mathematics teachers' engagement, and that there were subtle differences in the content of posts between male and female participants, which created opportunities to enrich the professional development experience of both genders.
KW - Disadvantaged communities
KW - Engagement
KW - Facebook Group
KW - Gender
KW - Professional development
KW - Secondary mathematics teachers
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tate.2022.103700
DO - 10.1016/j.tate.2022.103700
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85127330988
SN - 0742-051X
VL - 114
SP - 1
EP - 14
JO - Teaching and Teacher Education
JF - Teaching and Teacher Education
M1 - 103700
ER -