Education Policy, Business and Technology

U.S. K-12 Teachers Reluctant to Integrate Social Media in Classrooms

THE Journal: Nearly nine in 10 (86 percent) of American K–12 teachers have not integrated social media into their classrooms, and the majority (62 percent) indicate that they do not plan to do so, according to a recent University of Phoenix College of Education survey of teachers nationwide. The survey was conducted online in April by the Harris Poll.

Despite increasing use and popularity of social platforms outside the classroom, as documented in a study by Pew Research Center, the above numbers have remained virtually the same since 2015, and in fact, teacher use of social platforms in the classroom has decreased since late 2013, when about one in five (18 percent) said they integrated social media in their class teaching.

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