A Study on The Usability of Social Media in Family Participation

This study is dealt with the question whether the properties of Facebook its users utilise can serve as usable tools for family participation in educational programs and how such properties can be used for family participation. In the scope of the study, the properties Facebook, one of the most widely used social media tools, offers its users are considered and evaluated for family education and participation. It was stated in the study that family participation studies can be adjusted to Facebook and it can be utilised by preschool teachers in their family participation works. From this point of view, spatial and temporal problems, among the most important obstacles for the conduction of studies related to family education and participation, can be removed and some suggestions were proposed in the study.