TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of Social Media for Professional Development by Physical Educators Who Teach Students with Disabilities
AU - McNamara, Scott
AU - Healy, Sean
AU - Haegele, Justin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Faced with a lack of formal professional development, physical educators are turning to social media networks (SMN) to access professional communities and informal professional development. Yet, to what extent physical educators who teach students with disabilities are using SMNs for PD purposes is currently unknown. Thus, the purpose of this study was to explore how physical educators who teach students with disabilities are using SMNs for professional development purposes. Online survey data was collected from 94 participants. Descriptive statistics were reported and SMN usage patterns were examined by age, gender, and previous professional development experience. Results showed that a variety of SMN platforms were used by participants to receive information on a range of topics (e.g., instruction, equipment). The potential of SMN for professional development in the field of adapted physical education and future research recommendations are discussed.
AB - Faced with a lack of formal professional development, physical educators are turning to social media networks (SMN) to access professional communities and informal professional development. Yet, to what extent physical educators who teach students with disabilities are using SMNs for PD purposes is currently unknown. Thus, the purpose of this study was to explore how physical educators who teach students with disabilities are using SMNs for professional development purposes. Online survey data was collected from 94 participants. Descriptive statistics were reported and SMN usage patterns were examined by age, gender, and previous professional development experience. Results showed that a variety of SMN platforms were used by participants to receive information on a range of topics (e.g., instruction, equipment). The potential of SMN for professional development in the field of adapted physical education and future research recommendations are discussed.
KW - adapted physical education
KW - informal learning
KW - physical education
KW - professional development
KW - Social media
KW - social media use
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85075922688&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/1034912X.2019.1699649
DO - 10.1080/1034912X.2019.1699649
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85075922688
SN - 1034-912X
VL - 68
SP - 690
EP - 701
JO - International Journal of Disability, Development and Education
JF - International Journal of Disability, Development and Education
IS - 5
ER -