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Article Title: Teachers' and Students' Perceptions of Self-Driven Acceptance of Mobile Phone Use as an ICT Teaching Tool
by Ramadhani Matimbwa And Vicent Naano Anney

Abstract:
This study investigated the perception of teachers and students on self-driven acceptance of technology and how it could influence their readiness to use mobile phones in teaching and learning if is to be implemented in secondary schools. The study used mixed methods approach through cross-sectional survey whereby embedded design was employed while focusing more on quantitative approach. Data were collected from 184 participants who were selected using stratified purposive sampling techniques; and questionnaire and semi-structured interviews were used. The finding of this study revealed that teachers and students are accessing mobile phones with internet, despite the fact that students are forbidden to own any mobile phone. Teachers and students supported that mobile phone is easy to use and is a useful tool in education, although, they felt that there must be policy guidelines for teachers and students to use mobile phone as a teaching and learning tool. Adopting it as teaching tool will face challenges such as lack of electricity in community schools; emerging of attractive social media; rise of budget to students; absence of consistent guidelines on mobile phones use; and lack of compatible teaching and learning materials that are aligned with the current syllabus. The study concluded that for the time being adoption of this tool should not be ignored and can be designed to be used after class hours such that those students who possess the tool can at least have an opportunity to access e-materials to supplement their learning. It is recommended the pilot study should be conducted to prototype mobile phones use in schools as tool of teaching and learning.

Keywords: mobile phones, perception, barriers, pedagogical tool, ICT

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