Student-teacher relationship in the facebook era: The student perspective

International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-52

  Hershkovitz, Arnon ^a   Forkosh Baruch, Alona ^b,c  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b The Zinman College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the Wingate Institute   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Facebook; SNS based communication; Student teacher relationships; Students' perceptions

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EVIDENCE- BASED DECISIONS; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; FACEBOOK; POLICY MAKERS; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; SOCIAL NETWORK SITES( SNS); STUDENT PERSPECTIVES; STUDENT TEACHERS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84873339274     PISSN: 15604624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCEELL.2013.051765     Document Type: Article

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