Table 1. Synthesis of reasons for using... | Emerald Publishing

Table 1.

Synthesis of reasons for using social networks by preservice, beginner and experienced teachers

Reasons for using SN	Preservice teachers	Beginning teachers	Experienced teachers
Search and find	Access to networks to find materials and resources to apply to their academic projects and/or exams is highly valued. They also highlight learning from them	The most valued reason is to find materials to apply to their classes that are based on their subjects and curricular areas	They access networks to find materials to learn from and incorporate into their practice
Create and share	The motivations to create your own content and/or share with the community are not valued. They access networks passively to consume	They begin to think about sharing their content, but they do not value it as something relevant	They value more positively generating their own content and sharing it with other teachers
Participate in a community	Belonging to a community or generating a feeling of belonging is not valued as essential	In the scale of reasons they do not value feeling part of a community very much, but in the interviews they value being part of a learning community	They positively value the possibility of establishing collaborative actions with other teachers. They are confirmed in the interviews
Reflect	They value the usefulness of networks to see other ways of teaching and reflect on their future as teachers	They do not highlight using networks to reflect on their teaching practice as something valued	Incorporating new materials and/or methodologies makes them question their previous practices and reflect on them
Emotional support	Half positively value the use of networks to meet other teachers with the same problems. or overcome the isolation they may feel in their academic contexts	The reason with which fewer teachers agree or strongly agree is that social networks allow them to overcome the isolation that often occurs	They do not value that networks serve as a means of emotional support, but in the interviews the ability to have people in networks to rely on stands out

Reasons for using SN	Preservice teachers	Beginning teachers	Experienced teachers
Search and find	Access to networks to find materials and resources to apply to their academic projects and/or exams is highly valued. They also highlight learning from them	The most valued reason is to find materials to apply to their classes that are based on their subjects and curricular areas	They access networks to find materials to learn from and incorporate into their practice
Create and share	The motivations to create your own content and/or share with the community are not valued. They access networks passively to consume	They begin to think about sharing their content, but they do not value it as something relevant	They value more positively generating their own content and sharing it with other teachers
Participate in a community	Belonging to a community or generating a feeling of belonging is not valued as essential	In the scale of reasons they do not value feeling part of a community very much, but in the interviews they value being part of a learning community	They positively value the possibility of establishing collaborative actions with other teachers. They are confirmed in the interviews
Reflect	They value the usefulness of networks to see other ways of teaching and reflect on their future as teachers	They do not highlight using networks to reflect on their teaching practice as something valued	Incorporating new materials and/or methodologies makes them question their previous practices and reflect on them
Emotional support	Half positively value the use of networks to meet other teachers with the same problems. or overcome the isolation they may feel in their academic contexts	The reason with which fewer teachers agree or strongly agree is that social networks allow them to overcome the isolation that often occurs	They do not value that networks serve as a means of emotional support, but in the interviews the ability to have people in networks to rely on stands out

Source: Table by authors