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dc.contributor.authorXerri, Daniel-
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-21T15:39:49Z-
dc.date.available2023-11-21T15:39:49Z-
dc.date.issued2014-
dc.identifier.citationXerri, D. (2014). Teachers’ use of social networking sites for continuing professional development. In Ġ. Mallia (Ed.), The social classroom: Integrating social network use in education (pp. 441-464). Hershey: IGI Global.en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/115808-
dc.description.abstractOn the basis of the results of a study conducted amongst secondary school teachers of English in Malta, this chapter explores the use of Social Networking Sites (SNS) for professional development purposes. In the digital era, SNS provide teachers with the opportunity of creating a Personal Learning Network (PLN), which is an increasingly significant way of acquiring new knowledge and enhancing pedagogical skills while also having the capacity of making teachers feel they belong to a Community of Practice (CoP). This chapter shows how despite their regular use of SNS for personal reasons, teachers do not always exploit these sites to achieve professional development. It is argued that training is a necessary means of not only enabling teachers to learn how to use such tools for such a purpose but also of redefining the way they think about the process of acquiring and sharing knowledge and skills in the 21st century.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherIGI Globalen_GB
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccessen_GB
dc.subjectProfessional learning communitiesen_GB
dc.subjectEnglish language -- Study and teachingen_GB
dc.subjectSocial media in educationen_GB
dc.subjectTeachers -- Social conditionsen_GB
dc.titleTeachers’ use of social networking sites for continuing professional developmenten_GB
dc.title.alternativeThe social classroom : integrating social network use in educationen_GB
dc.typebookParten_GB
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dc.description.reviewedpeer-revieweden_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.4018/978-1-4666-4904-0.ch022-
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