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Social networks as an incentive for the development of creativity in primary school students

Nowadays, more than ever before, there are numerous forms of creative expression, including Social Networks. These have become an indispensable part of our lives, being used both for communication and for keeping up with informative, entertaining, sports-related and educational content. New technologies and various media have created a completely new world for newer generations. It is a challenge for a teacher to extract advantages from social networks and include modern innovative methods in teaching, thus adapting to the needs of new, online generations. The purpose of this paper is to explore and determine the frequency of using social networks (TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube), the type of content they provide and its quality, and creative use by primary school students. The research also seeks to gain a broader insight into parental awareness of the research participants’ time spent using these networks. A sample of ninety-seven (N=97) fourth and fifth-grade students from two primary schools in the Vukovar- Srijem County were surveyed for this study. The results of the research show that 50.5% of the surveyed primary education students use the mentioned social networks ; they target them, looking for creative, interesting and useful ideas that motivate them in hobbies, future occupations, better organization of free time and encourage them to be creative in activities related to the teaching process (home works, projects etc.).

creativity, Snapchat, social networks, students, TikTok, YouTube

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