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Currently the social network most visited in the world is Facebook. In addition to allow us to have a personal profile we can share photos, videos, messages and other files. On Facebook it is also allowed to create closed groups where their members can interact through text, audio and video messages and/or images. Either this social network or the groups created within the same can be used improperly, but on the other hand, it can also be used to learn, to learn to do, to acquire knowledge, to develop the written language and other skills. Our study aimed to know the perception of early childhood educators and primary school teachers regarding the use of Facebook by children, as well as the emotions they manifest when using it. It was a cross-sectional study, for which we carried out and validated a specific questionnaire with closed questions about the use of these social network. The instrument was available and filled in online through Google Forms. It was a convenience sample, which included 75 individuals (69 women, 6 men) aged between 25 and 56 years. The results highlight that teachers and educators disagree essentially that children accept friend requests and communicate through Facebook chat with people who they do not know, agreeing more they use to communicate with family and friends, to join groups in order to learn and that they allow adults to access to their account. Regarding emotions and feelings greater disagreement was observed about the fact that children prefer staying on Facebook than in the presence of their friends and to feel dependent on the use of it. However, the highest level of agreement was obtained for the fact of children being boring if someone oblige them to leave Facebook.Currently the social network most visited in the world is Facebook. In addition to allow us to havea personal profile we can share photos, videos, messages and other files. On Facebook it is alsoallowed to create closed groups where their members can interact through text, audio and videomessages and/or images. Either this social network or the groups created within the same can beused improperly, but on the other hand, it can also be used to learn, to learn to do, to acquire knowledge,to develop the written language and other skills.Our study aimed to know the perception of early childhood educators and primary school teachersregarding the use of Facebook by children, as well as the emotions they manifest when using it.It was a cross-sectional study, for which we carried out and validated a specific questionnaire withclosed questions about the use of these social network. The instrument was available and filled inonline through Google Forms. It was a convenience sample, which included 75 individuals (69women, 6 men) aged between 25 and 56 years.The results highlight that teachers and educators disagree essentially that children accept friendrequests and communicate through Facebook chat with people who they do not know, agreeingmore they use to communicate with family and friends, to join groups in order to learn and that theyallow adults to access to their account. Regarding emotions and feelings greater disagreement wasobserved about the fact that children prefer staying on Facebook than in the presence of their friendsand to feel dependent on the use of it. However, the highest level of agreement was obtained for thefact of children being boring if someone oblige them to leave Facebook.
Atualmente a rede social mais visitada em todo o mundo é o Facebook. Além de nos permitir ter um perfil pessoal podemos partilhar fotos, vídeos, mensagens e outros ficheiros. No Facebook também é permitido criar grupos fechados onde os seus membros podem interagir através de mensagens escritas, de áudio, de vídeo e/ou imagens. Tanto esta rede social quanto os grupos dentro da mesma podem ser usados de forma indevida, mas, por outro lado, também podem ser utilizados para aprender, aprender a fazer, conhecer, desenvolver a linguagem escrita e outras competências.O nosso estudo teve como objetivo conhecer a perceção de educadores de infância e professores de primeiro ciclo do ensino básico relativamente ao uso do Facebook por parte das crianças, bem como às emoções que as crianças manifestam neste uso. Foi um estudo transversal, para o qual construímos e validámos um questionário específico, com questões fechadas sobre o uso da respetiva rede social. O instrumento foi disponibilizado e preenchido online através do Google Forms. A amostra foi de conveniência, tendo sido constituída por 75 indivíduos (69 mulheres, 6 homens) com idades compreendidas entre os 25 e os 56 anos.Os resultados evidenciam que os professores e educadores discordam essencialmente que as crianças aceitem pedidos de amizade e comuniquem pelo chat do Facebook com pessoas que não conhecem, concordando mais que usem para comunicar com familiares e amigos, para aderir a grupos com o objetivo de aprender e que permitem o acesso dos adultos à sua conta. No respeitante as emoções e sentimentos registou-se maior discordância quanto ao facto de as crianças preferirem estar no Facebook do que na presença dos seus amigos e de se sentirem dependentes do uso do mesmo. Porém, observou-se o maior nível de concordância para o facto de ficarem aborrecidas se as obrigarem a sair do Facebook.
