Teachers on Far-Right Social Media: The Dark Side of Affinity Spaces for Informal Learning

• In Event: CLT: Teachers on Far-Right Social Media and Decolonizing STEM+C

Short Description

We present the results of our studying a teachers’ group on a far-right social media platform. The identity of the platform and the persistence of far-right agenda setting overwhelmed any educational intentions of the group, which therefore had little to offer teachers looking to improve their craft. Our findings offer an opportunity to revisit theoretical frameworks and other perspectives that are common in the literature on teachers’ use of social media.

Authors

• Contributor: Spencer P. Greenhalgh, University of Kentucky

• Contributor: Daniel G. Krutka, University of North Texas