Factors affecting parental resistance to the use of smartphones for learning purposes at schools

Shlomit Hadad; Hagit Meishar-Tal; Ina Blau

doi:10.33965/ml2019_201903c001

Factors affecting parental resistance to the use of smartphones for learning purposes at schools

Shlomit Hadad, Hagit Meishar-Tal, Ina Blau

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Abstract

This study examined parental resistance to the use of smartphones in schools, the resistance factors underlying the parental resistance and other factors that predict this resistance. The data was collected from 220 parents who filled in an online questionnaire. The participants reported on their level of resistance to the use of smartphones in schools (no resistance, passive resistance, active resistance) and the resistance factors (pedagogic, social, environmental and economic factors) underlying this resistance. About two-thirds of the parents who participated in the study resisted to the use of smartphones in school, and more than half of them expressed active resistance to such use. The social resistance factor found to be the highest in the study, while the pedagogical resistance factor was the lowest. Nevertheless, both these factors, and the economic factor, were positive predictors of parental resistance level. The research sheds light on the phenomenon of parents' resistance to the use of smartphones in school learning, discuss the implication of this phenomenon on school policy and suggest practical solution for schools to overcome the parental resistance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2019, ML 2019
Editors	Inmaculada Arnedillo Sanchez, Pedro Isaias, Pascal Ravesteijn, Guido Ongena, Luis Rodrigues
Publisher	IADIS Press
Pages	121-125
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9789898533869
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.33965/ml2019_201903c001
State	Published - 2019
Event	15th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2019, ML 2019 - Utrecht, Netherlands Duration: 11 Apr 2019 → 13 Apr 2019

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Name	Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2019, ML 2019

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Conference	15th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2019, ML 2019
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Utrecht
Period	11/04/19 → 13/04/19

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Parents
Resistance to technology
Smartphones

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Hadad, S., Meishar-Tal, H., & Blau, I. (2019). Factors affecting parental resistance to the use of smartphones for learning purposes at schools. In I. A. Sanchez, P. Isaias, P. Ravesteijn, G. Ongena, & L. Rodrigues (Eds.), Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2019, ML 2019 (pp. 121-125). (Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2019, ML 2019). IADIS Press. https://doi.org/10.33965/ml2019_201903c001

Hadad, Shlomit ; Meishar-Tal, Hagit ; Blau, Ina. / Factors affecting parental resistance to the use of smartphones for learning purposes at schools. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2019, ML 2019. editor / Inmaculada Arnedillo Sanchez ; Pedro Isaias ; Pascal Ravesteijn ; Guido Ongena ; Luis Rodrigues. IADIS Press, 2019. pp. 121-125 (Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2019, ML 2019).

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Hadad, S, Meishar-Tal, H & Blau, I 2019, Factors affecting parental resistance to the use of smartphones for learning purposes at schools. in IA Sanchez, P Isaias, P Ravesteijn, G Ongena & L Rodrigues (eds), Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2019, ML 2019. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2019, ML 2019, IADIS Press, pp. 121-125, 15th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2019, ML 2019, Utrecht, Netherlands, 11/04/19. https://doi.org/10.33965/ml2019_201903c001

Factors affecting parental resistance to the use of smartphones for learning purposes at schools. / Hadad, Shlomit; Meishar-Tal, Hagit; Blau, Ina.
Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2019, ML 2019. ed. / Inmaculada Arnedillo Sanchez; Pedro Isaias; Pascal Ravesteijn; Guido Ongena; Luis Rodrigues. IADIS Press, 2019. p. 121-125 (Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2019, ML 2019).

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Hadad S, Meishar-Tal H, Blau I. Factors affecting parental resistance to the use of smartphones for learning purposes at schools. In Sanchez IA, Isaias P, Ravesteijn P, Ongena G, Rodrigues L, editors, Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2019, ML 2019. IADIS Press. 2019. p. 121-125. (Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2019, ML 2019). doi: 10.33965/ml2019_201903c001

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