Communication between Teachers and Parents using the WhatsApp Application
Keywords:
WhatsApp Application, parent teacher relationships, technologyAbstract
The purpose of this research is to examine how the electronic
media, WhatsApp, effects the communication between teachers and
parents and the teacher's work. The research was conducted in the
qualitative method using an interpretive constructivist paradigm with
twelve teachers who use the WhatsApp media. Three main categories
were discovered from the analysis of the interviews: management of the
group which includes who is responsible for managing the group and
group time limitations, content of the WhatsApp which includes
material and technical content and the positive and negative effects of
using WhatsApp on the teachers. It can be concluded that the use of
WhatsApp is necessary and beneficial to the teacher's work, but the
boundaries must be examined and defined in the use of the WhatsApp
groups.
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