William S. Long Professor and Professor of Education Jeffrey Carpenter and his co-authors published the peer-reviewed research article in the "Educational Researcher"
Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education faculty member Jeffrey Carpenter and his co-authors from the University of Tennessee Knoxville recently published research on teachers use of YouTube in the high-impact journal “Educational Researcher.”
Their article, titled “Teachers’ Instructional Use of YouTube: A National Survey,” is the first national survey on how U.S. pre-K-12 teachers use YouTube in the classroom. It can be found
The article abstract reads as follows:
“Although YouTube is widely used worldwide, little is known about how pre-K–12 teachers employ it for instructional purposes. This article reports findings from a national survey of U.S. pre-K–12 teachers (N = 393) on their instructional use of YouTube. Nearly three-quarters of respondents reported using the platform as a classroom resource, with almost half doing so at least daily or weekly. On average, teachers devoted 17.9% of instructional time to watching videos, often alongside lectures, group work, and independent practice. These findings underscore YouTube’s important role in supporting instruction and enhancing teachers’ content knowledge.”