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