The Impact of Smartphone Technology on Quality Teaching in Public Educational Institutes at Secondary Level of Faisalabad

Abstract

This study was conducted to assess the impacts of smartphone technology on quality teaching in public educational institutes at the Secondary Level of Faisalabad. The population consisted of 300 teachers from 10 schools out of 39 secondary schools which were selected at random. The sample size of this study was 119 teachers drawn through an online sampling calculator www.surveysystem.com with a confidence interval of 7 and a confidence level of 95% by SPSS. Findings show that a huge majority (70.6%) of the respondents were between the age of 36-40 years and only a fraction (8.4%) of the teachers had 1-5 years of experience while 2.5% of them had 3 family members. Among guidelines, it is helpful in creating a collaboration for subjects was rated as the 3rd as perceived by the respondents with a Mean Value of 4.55 and its weighted score was 541. Assist and support for implementing the daily program was rated as the 5th with a Mean Value of 4.40 and its weighted score was 524. It is concluded from the findings of the study that Smartphones might be one way to lock in and motivate student learning. Apart from that, smartphones could also change the way people communicate with these advanced inventions.