TY - JOUR
T1 - A virtual safe zone
T2 - Teachers supporting teenage student resilience through social media in times of war
AU - Rosenberg, Hananel
AU - Ophir, Yaakov
AU - Asterhan, Christa S.C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018
PY - 2018/7
Y1 - 2018/7
N2 - We examine how teacher-student communication through social network technologies may support student resilience during an ongoing war (i.e., the 2014 Israel-Gaza war). Based on student responses from open-ended surveys (N = 68), five content categories of emotional support were identified: caring, reassuring, emotion sharing, belonging, and distracting. The mere existence of continuous online contact with teachers also contributed to resilience perceptions. Interviews with 11 secondary school teachers revealed three main purposes for this communication: (a) delivering emotional support to students, (b) monitoring their distress; and (c) maintaining civilized norms of discourse. Practical implications and theoretical contributions are discussed.
AB - We examine how teacher-student communication through social network technologies may support student resilience during an ongoing war (i.e., the 2014 Israel-Gaza war). Based on student responses from open-ended surveys (N = 68), five content categories of emotional support were identified: caring, reassuring, emotion sharing, belonging, and distracting. The mere existence of continuous online contact with teachers also contributed to resilience perceptions. Interviews with 11 secondary school teachers revealed three main purposes for this communication: (a) delivering emotional support to students, (b) monitoring their distress; and (c) maintaining civilized norms of discourse. Practical implications and theoretical contributions are discussed.
KW - Emotional support
KW - Resilience
KW - Social network technology (SNT)
KW - Teachers
KW - Teenagers
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85044449074&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.tate.2018.03.011
DO - 10.1016/j.tate.2018.03.011
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AN - SCOPUS:85044449074
SN - 0742-051X
VL - 73
SP - 35
EP - 42
JO - Teaching and Teacher Education
JF - Teaching and Teacher Education
ER -