Jeffrey Carpenter, associate professor of education and director of the Teaching Fellows program, published the article in the peer-reviewed journal Teaching and Teacher Education.
Jeffrey Carpenter, associate professor of education and director of the Teaching Fellows, has co-authored an article in the journal Teaching and Teacher Education along with Royce Kimmons, Cecil Short, Kyle Clements, and McKenzie Staples of Brigham Young University.
The article, titled "Teacher identity and crossing the professional-personal divide on Twitter" is available online here. The abstract reads as follows:
Teachers have public personas that often combine aspects of their personal and professional identities, but little research has analyzed how this overlap manifests in their social media activities. We analyzed profiles and tweets from K-12 teacher Twitter accounts (n=33,184) to determine the degree to which accounts appeared to be used for personal and professional purposes. The analysis suggested that the accounts generally maintained a professional focus and disclosed limited personal information. We discuss these findings in relation to teacher identity in our current era of ubiquitous social media and consider implications for policy, practice, and research.
The article reference is:
Carpenter, J.P., Kimmons, R., Short, C.R., Clements, K., Staples, M.E. (2019) Teacher identity and crossing the professional-personal divide on Twitter. Teaching and Teacher Education, 81, 1-12.