Longitudinal Study on Social Networks as a Didactic Method

• Main Authors: Margarita R. Rodríguez-Gallego, Antonia López-Martínez, María José Navarro-Montaño
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 2019-03-01
• Series: Magis: Revista Internacional de Investigación en Educación
• Subjects: social media; methodology; early childhood education; primary education
• Online Access: https://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/MAGIS/article/view/25495

This article gathers the perceptions of students on social networks, as a didactic method, with the aim of searching and designing didactic strategies to adapt the contents and methodology to the new technological context. The parti-cipants were university students of Early Childhood and Pri­mary Education in 2013-2014 and 2016-2017. A longitudinal study was conducted with a descriptive, non-experimental methodology and the semi-structured questionnaire used was validated through factorial and cluster analyses. The students from both degrees showed a polarization and dis­persion of opinions about social networks, which could be related to a more critical attitude toward their advantages and disadvantages.