The associate professor of education and director of the Teaching Fellows program co-authored the article in the journal Teaching and Teacher Education.
Jeffrey Carpenter, associate professor of education and director of the Teaching Fellows, published an article in the peer-reviewed journal along with co-authors Gemma Tur and Victoria Marin from the University of the Balearic Islands in Spain.
The article, titled “What do U.S. and Spanish pre-service teachers think about educational and professional use of Twitter? A comparative study,” is available online here. Teaching and Teacher Education is considered a high-impact journal in the field of education.
The article abstract reads as follows:
This mixed-methods study explored pre-service teacher (PST) perceptions of educational and professional uses of the social media platform Twitter. PSTs (N = 153) from two universities in the United States and Spain used Twitter for course assignments. Most participants from both contexts perceived Twitter to have useful educational applications and intended to use it for their own professional purposes in the future. PSTs were more ambivalent regarding Twitter use with their future students. U.S. students held significantly more positive beliefs about Twitter’s educational use. We discuss implications for Twitter use in education and teacher education in an era of ubiquitous social media.
The article reference is as follows:
Carpenter, J.P., Tur, G., & Marin, V.I. (2016). What do U.S. and Spanish pre-service teachers think about educational and professional use of Twitter? A comparative study. Teaching and Teacher Education, 60, 131-143. DOI:10.1016/j.tate.2016.08.011