Perceptions of Educational Managers and Subject Specialists Regarding the Impact of Mobile Phone Use on Students’ Learning

Abstract

 The study's goal was to investigate how subject teachers and head teachers in the district of Swabi perceived the effects of mobile phones on students' learning at the upper secondary school level. The aim of the research was to examining how instructors and school administrators perceive the effects of mobile phone use on students' learning. The study's population consists of 270 subject matter experts and the educational managers of all 55 Government Higher Secondary Schools in the Mardan Division. The study's sample comprised all 19 Government Higher Secondary Schools' educational managers, and 100 specialists teachers were chosen at random from among the 270 subject specialists in the district of Swabi's 19 Government Higher Secondary Schools. A closed-ended questionnaire with 15 likert scale items was used for the collection of the data. Several statistical methods, including mean, standard deviation, and chi square, were used to assess the gathered data. According to the study's findings, teachers and educational managers/principals were not in favor of students mobile phone use during learning in school or at home.