The study of the impact of the disincentive factors and strategies for using social networks on the teaching and the effective learning

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

Hassan  saemi ¹ (1دانشجوی دکتری برنامه ریزی درسی،گروه علوم تربیتی، واحد اصفهان (خوراسگان)، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، اصفهان، ایران)
, kourosh  fathi vajargah ² (2استاد گروه علوم تربیتی، دانشگاه شهید بهشتی، تهران، ایران)
Mohammad  attaran ³ (3دانشیار گروه علوم تربیتی، دانشگاه خوارزمی، تهران، ایران)
ahmad ali  foroughi abari ⁴ (4دانشیار گروه علوم تربیتی، واحد اصفهان (خوراسگان)، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، اصفهان، ایران)

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2015-03-21

Keywords: Social networking strategies, Effective learning, Curriculum, education,

Abstract :

Considering the social networks, recognizing the most important obstacles in front of the teachers as well as achieving some strategies for using them in education were the chief aim of this study. The qualitative and the analysis of qualitative data methods, based on the grounded theory, have been used in this study. This theory is consisted of three main elements as: concepts, contents, and issues. Using purposive sampling, 54documents were studied carefully and their significant points were noted down. According to the similarities, some codes were assigned to the similar cases. These codes, then, were used to discover the extracted issues. Depended on the sources and the documents, the primary category was determined. Establishing the relationship between the primary and the secondary category with related concepts, the grounded theory has been designed. According to the theory obtained from the theoretical documents and the resources, some of the most important obstacles recognized as: lack of suitable technical facilities, lack of educational infrastructures, and inadequate knowledge of the teachers. Three strategies have been designed among which acquiring the technical skills is the most important strategy and establishing dynamics interaction in teaching and cognitive skills related to the social networks are the second and the third ones, respectively. In the light of recognizing the obstacles and introducing the needed strategies, social networks can have a great impact on both teaching skills and learning.

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