A Modern Problem Faced by Primary School Students in Disadvantaged Regions: the Teacher Influencer

Abstract

Some young and inexperienced teachers working in rural and disadvantaged areas in the city center of Turkey have the habit of constantly producing digital content and sharing virtual videos in classrooms/schools. Thus, the students become the material of virtual trade. The process of becoming a teacher influencer and its effects on the students were examined in detail. The research had a phenomenology design as one of the qualitative methods. The data were collected from the teachers of various teaching areas (n=201). According to the findings, the majority of the teachers participating in the research thought that being a teacher influencer, and teacher influencers caused damage to the students and violated children’s rights.