Share Paper: Responding to students’ misbehavior on Facebook: Examining teachers’ beliefs and perceptions

  1. Ashwini Tiwari, The University of Texas-Pan American, United States
  2. Ajay Singh, University of Oregon, United States
  3. Chia Jung Yeh, East Carolina University, United States
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Abstract: Digital social platforms, such as a Facebook page, has increasingly become popular among students to discuss school related issues (Halverson, 2014; Tiwari, 2014; Yusop & Sumari, 2013). Given Facebook page is a public digital social platform anyone could look at the comments made by students. A teacher could also unintentionally or intentionally view students' comments (Tiwari, 2014). Based on interviews with 15 high school teachers from a school in Delhi, this study examined teachers' perceptions of students' misbehavior on Facebook. The findings indicate that the teachers perceive :1) Facebook affects students' demeanor in face to face interactions and, 2)Facebook affects ...