Teachers Perception of Integrating the Use of Mobile Phones into Teaching in Public Senior Secondary Schools in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja

Abstract

This study investigated teachers’ perception of integrating the use of mobile phones into teaching in public senior secondary schools in Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The main aim was to examine the influence of gender, educational qualification, and year of teaching experience and area of specialization of the teachers toward their perception of integrating the use of mobile phones into teaching. Twenty-one public senior secondary schools were selected out of 59 schools in FCT and a total of 682 teachers were sampled using stratified random sampling techniques to generate information on their perception. The data were collected through “Teachers perception Questionnaire” (TPQ), comprised of 36-items four point Likert scale. Percentage, mean, standard deviation were used to answer the research questions, while one-way ANOVA was used to test the stated hypotheses. The findings of the study showed that there is no significant difference between male and female teachers on their perception of integrating mobile phones into teaching. Both male and female teachers embrace the use of mobile phones for teaching and learning. Similarly, the result revealed that, less, moderate and high experience teachers have similar perception toward integrating the use of mobile phones into Nigerian schools. Based on these findings, the following recommendations were made; Nigerian government should review the existing curriculum in order to include possible instructional supports that could help teachers to teach effectively, anywhere and anytime; the government should integrate mobile learning technology into the senior secondary schools curriculum; workshop/seminar should be organized specifically for the purpose of facilitating the use of mobile technology devices in teaching and learning; emphasis should be placed on making learning to be learner-centered affair and more effective, efficient and meaningful.