The proper use of social networks in third cycle of Primary Education.

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to increase knowledge about the reality of the use of social networks by students in the third cycle of Primary Education in a Valencian school. To do this, an informative talk has been designed, based on the principles emanating from two theories in use: Social Cognitive Theory and Universal Design for Learning. A pre-talk and a post-talk questionnaire were constructed to test whether the tool that had been designed, the explanatory talk, had served to increase knowledge of the contents worked on in it. At the same time, the pre-talk questionnaire served to extract descriptive data regarding the use of social networks by the students investigated. The statistical analysis shows that the talk had a beneficial effect on the students regarding all the questions surveyed, with the exception of one of them, which referred to the importance of cyberbullying as opposed to traditional bullying. The results show the need to increase studies on these issues, in the preadolescent population, third cycle of Primary.