1st Edition

Facebook Mentoring and Early Childhood Teachers The Controversy in Virtual Professional Identity

By Sharryn Clarke Copyright 2018
80 Pages
by Routledge

94 Pages
by Routledge

94 Pages
by Routledge

This volume explores concepts of mentoring, leadership and issues faced by early childhood teachers. Foregrounded against inadequate leadership and mentoring training in this sector, this book looks at how mentoring is exercised through Facebook. Mentoring through Facebook provokes a strong sense of freedom in terms of speech and influence. The benefits for using social media in mentoring... Read more

Preface 

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

Glossary of terms

Chapter 1:  Introduction

Chapter 2:  Exploring the problem

Chapter 3:  What is actually happening on Facebook?

Chapter 4:  Implications for future EC teachers

Chapter 5:  Future impact

Index

Biography

Sharryn Clarke is a lecturer at Monash University in the education faculty and has a background in early childhood education. She has previously worked in a variety of settings including teaching and operating education and care services, an education advisor in early intervention and as an assistant manager at the Victorian Department of Education and Training. She currently teaches a variety of units relating to policy development, partnerships, leadership and professional studies as well as child development and learning. Sharryn's research areas include mentoring and social media, family engagement and environmental studies.