Access, Use and Perceptions of Teachers and Students towards Mobile Phones as a Tool for Teaching and Learning in Tanzania

Autor/in	Kafyulilo, Ayoub
Titel	Access, Use and Perceptions of Teachers and Students towards Mobile Phones as a Tool for Teaching and Learning in Tanzania
Quelle	In: Education and Information Technologies, 19 (2014) 1, S.115-127 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-2357
DOI	10.1007/s10639-012-9207-y
Schlagwörter	Teacher Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Telecommunications; College Faculty; Preservice Teachers; Questionnaires; Interviews; Positive Attitudes; Teaching Methods; Learning Processes; Foreign Countries; Secondary School Teachers; Secondary School Students; Faculty Development; Tanzania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Telekommunikationstechnik; Fakultät; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Learning process; Lernprozess; Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Tansania
Abstract	This study explored the access, use and perceptions of teachers and students towards mobile phones as a tool for facilitating teaching and learning beyond the classroom walls. A total of 29 pre-service teachers and four college instructors from Dar es salaam University College of Education (DUCE) as well as 12 in-service teachers and 40 students from Kibasila secondary school in Tanzania, participated in the study. Data were collected by using pre-service teachers' questionnaire, students' questionnaire, and the instructors', and in-service teachers' interviews. Findings showed that all in-service teachers, college instructors and pre-service teachers had mobile phones. Also 60 % of school students owned mobile phones, or had access to mobile phones. Students, pre-service teachers and college instructors were in favour of the use of mobile phones for learning, but the majority of in-service teachers were against it. Since mobile phones are the most available technological tools in schools, this study, recommend a professional development programme for in-service teachers to help them develop a positive attitude towards mobile phones use in teaching and learning. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01