TY - GEN
T1 - Factors affecting parental resistance to the use of smartphones for learning purposes at schools
AU - Hadad, Shlomit
AU - Meishar-Tal, Hagit
AU - Blau, Ina
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Parents
KW - Resistance to technology
KW - Smartphones
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85065883217&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.33965/ml2019_201903c001
DO - 10.33965/ml2019_201903c001
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AN - SCOPUS:85065883217
T3 - Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2019, ML 2019
SP - 121
EP - 125
BT - Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2019, ML 2019
A2 - Sanchez, Inmaculada Arnedillo
A2 - Isaias, Pedro
A2 - Ravesteijn, Pascal
A2 - Ongena, Guido
A2 - Rodrigues, Luis
PB - IADIS Press
T2 - 15th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2019, ML 2019
Y2 - 11 April 2019 through 13 April 2019
ER -