Role of WhatsApp for Communication between Teachers and Parents in Kindergarten

The technological revolution has affected our daily lives in all aspects, especially in interpersonal communication. The use of social media for the transference of messages is highly advanced and widely used in all areas of our lives, including the use of social media in the field of education. One of the most efficient applications for transferring messages between educational staff and parents which is used extensively is the application, "WhatsApp".

This research investigated the use of "WhatsApp" between kindergarten teachers and parents in kindergartens in the North of Israel.

Using a quantitative research approach, a specially designed questionnaire was distributed online as a Google Docs document to 161 kindergarten teachers., it appears that the main adoption and use of the WhatsApp tool is for the transmission of information or kindergarten experiences to the parents. The kindergarten teachers felt that the Watts App application was advantageous due to its easy accessibility and speed of communication and testified to more sharing and involvement of the parents in the kindergarten activities and work. Nevertheless, several questions arise concerning the mutual availability of the information that is transmitted and the type of information that is transmitted. It is recommended that further research looks at the effect of digital communication on the quality of interpersonal relationships between educational staff and parents to improve the quality of the mutual partnership in educating young children.