An Investigation on the Perspectives of Teachers Using Facebook: A Case of Malaysian Academics

Abstract

Education fields have rapidly transformed since the year 2020 from the traditional method to adapting more Web-based tools. Facebook has been regarded as one of the most popular social platforms teachers and learners use in education. It is perceived by teachers and learners as a tool that improves the teaching and learning processes significantly through its several features. This study aims to explore the Malaysian teachers’ views on Facebook in their teaching. Eighty teachers from different levels of Malaysia’s institutions participated in this study. This study adopted the quantitative method to gather teachers’ views on the advantages and disadvantages of Facebook and their reflections on Facebook usage in teaching and learning. Findings showed that teachers had a positive perception of the use of Facebook. This study also found no significant difference between male and female teachers in their perception of Facebook use. This study suggests that teachers optimise this tool in their teaching based on the advantages of using Facebook.

Facebook in Pedagogy: Insights from Preservice Teachers

“…Teachers utilize technology-more especially, Facebook-to help them meet their educational needs. A quick glance through the study field topic reveals that most of the research articles addressed the platform's application in learning, however opinions on how it affects instruction remain divided (Ariffin et al, 2020;Ganapathy et al, 2020;Mariappan et al, 2018;Mat Husin & Ali, 2022;Menon & Meghana, 2021;Rajesh & Rangaiah, 2020). In the Malaysian context, most studies on Facebook were carried out focusing on students' perceptions of using the platform (Abdul Rahman & Mohd Amin, 2014;Faryadi, 2017;Hassan, 2016;Syazliyati et al, 2018) than to its use among teachers as their teaching resource (Faizi, 2018;;Mat Husin & Ali, 2022) .…”