Conclusions: My Liberation Is Bound Up with Yours

Abstract

This chapter draws conclusions about incorporating social media into civic education, based on a study of high school teachers who used Twitter as part of their civics teaching. This chapter argues that social media has potential to be a participatory and justice-oriented pedagogical tool for civic education. At the same time, teachers who want to use social media in the classroom should teach students about the more problematic aspects of social media, such as misinformation and echo chambers. Implications from this study include developing our theoretical understanding of civic education, next steps for research in both civic education and the use of social media in education, and considerations for teachers who want to incorporate social media into their civic teaching. This chapter also offers conclusions about the potential for the use of social media in civic education.