#TwitterforTeachers: The Implications of Twitter as a Self-Directed Professional Development Tool for K-12 Teachers

Ryan D. Visser; Lea Calvert Evering; David E. Barrett

Journal of Research on Technology in Education Vol. 46, No. 4 (2014) pp. 396–413

This mixed-methods study explores how K-12 teachers use Twitter. An online survey was disseminated via Twitter to gauge their usage of, access to, and perceptions of Twitter. The results indicated that teachers highly value Twitter as a means of...

How do teachers make judgments about ethical and unethical behaviors? Toward the development of a code of conduct for teachers

David E. Barrett; J. Elizabeth Casey; Ryan D. Visser; Kathy N. Headley

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 28, No. 6 (August 2012) pp. 890–898

The authors examined the dimensions that underlie teachers' judgments about ethical versus unethical behaviors. 593 educators and teachers in training were administered a 41 item survey. For each item, respondents rated the extent to which they...

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