Role of Social Media Sites in Improving and Developing the Educational Process in Secondary Schools in Jordan

Muhammad Noor Bani Irshaid

doi:10.47577/tssj.v9i1.930

Abstract

This study aims to learn about the role of social media sites in improving and developing the educational process in secondary schools in Jordan, the descriptive analytical method was used to suit the nature of the study, and the questionnaire was used as a tool for study, and the sample of the study consisted of (50) of teachers working in secondary schools in Jordan. The results of the study found that high degree and statistical significance for the role of social networking sites in developing and improving the educational process in secondary schools. The study recommends that Holding seminars and meetings to publicize the importance of social networking sites in the educational process, and ways to use them safely and correctly, and Provide training courses for teachers to inform them of how to use social media sites and their tools and applications in the educational process.

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Social networking sites have expanded and entered all areas of social, economic, political and educational life, where these sites can be used in the educational field, and the National Research Foundation conducted in the United States of America noted that many American citizens, they found that the use of social media sites in the educational process has a positive impact on the life of the individual, contributes to increased interaction between students and their teachers, and through the sites can dispense with books and traditional methods in the educational process (Awaj and Samia, 2016)
The spread of social networking sites and the ease of use of social media sites have contributed to increased student demand for the use of these sites for multiple purposes, and this opens the way for the use of these sites and their use in the development and improvement of the educational process, because of their impact in creating a creative and innovative generation, and as they contribute to the Students have new skills, develop their scientific and practical skills, and think tanks and solve problems in a realistic way, through the applications provided by these sites that increase interaction between students and their teachers and reduce the gap between them (Abu Al-Nasr, 2016)
Qneifi (2018) points out that social networking sites have educational characteristics that make them an important tool in the development and improvement of the educational process, and these educational characteristics are that social networking sites are characterized by selftreatment, which is based on construction, dialogue, production and cooperation, and stimulates creativity, Students can combine more than one teaching tool, share information, discussion and commentary, and this helps to stimulate students' skills by learning activities, in addition to the fact that social networking sites combine individual and social learning and this is a form of collaborative learning

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Social networking sites provide and increase the opportunities of communication between individuals from different countries, due to the information space that includes millions of people, and through social networking sites can expand the circle of social relations, they helped to create interactively, the reply sends, writes and shares information with others, the motives for using social media sites varied from individuals who use them for entertainment, access to information, or use it for educational purposes, due to factors that contributed to the increased spread of social networking sites such as the increased spread of the Internet and the expansion of its speed, and the lack of the costs of accessing social networking sites, their ease of dealing and the benefits and services provided by these sites (Abdul Ghaffar, 2015). The use of social media sites gives students who are ashamed when confronting the teacher to express their opinions in writing, and expands the circle of learners by providing easy communication between them and the teacher, In addition to spreading the technical culture and expanding students' knowledge by looking at all that is new in their field of study (Hantosh, 2017) Countries such as Jordan have sought to develop and improve the educational process by shifting from focusing on content to focusing on finding the best ways and means to enable students to learn, providing them with appropriate opportunities to build new relationships, share their ideas and knowledge with others, and spread them across Social networking (Greenhow et al, 2009; Al-Zaqeba et al, 2018). The Amasha and Alsafi Study (2010) found that social networking sites and educational blogs support the creation of collaborative knowledge, participation in an academic environment and improved the educational process

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