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Access, use and perceptions of teachers and students towards mobile phones as a tool for teaching and learning in Tanzania

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dc.creator Kafyulilo, Ayoub
dc.date 2016-08-12T11:29:14Z
dc.date 2016-08-12T11:29:14Z
dc.date 2012-07
dc.date.accessioned 2018-03-27T09:43:44Z
dc.date.available 2018-03-27T09:43:44Z
dc.identifier Kafyulilo, A., 2014. Access, use and perceptions of teachers and students towards mobile phones as a tool for teaching and learning in Tanzania. Education and Information Technologies, 19(1), pp.115-127.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3490
dc.identifier 10.1007/s10639-012-9207-y
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3490
dc.description Full text can be accessed at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10639-012-9207-y
dc.description 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.
dc.language en
dc.subject Mobile technology
dc.subject Students learning
dc.subject Access
dc.subject Use
dc.subject Perceptions
dc.title Access, use and perceptions of teachers and students towards mobile phones as a tool for teaching and learning in Tanzania
dc.type Journal Article


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