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Learners and Mobile: A Reflexivity

Learners and Mobile: A Reflexivity

Fernando de la Cruz Paragas
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781522504696|ISBN10: 1522504699|EISBN13: 9781522504702
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0469-6.ch001
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Paragas, Fernando de la Cruz. "Learners and Mobile: A Reflexivity." Handbook of Research on Human Social Interaction in the Age of Mobile Devices, edited by Xiaoge Xu, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 1-21. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0469-6.ch001

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Paragas, F. D. (2016). Learners and Mobile: A Reflexivity. In X. Xu (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Human Social Interaction in the Age of Mobile Devices (pp. 1-21). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0469-6.ch001

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Paragas, Fernando de la Cruz. "Learners and Mobile: A Reflexivity." In Handbook of Research on Human Social Interaction in the Age of Mobile Devices, edited by Xiaoge Xu, 1-21. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0469-6.ch001

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Abstract

Studies about mobile phones, the learning process, and educational institutions have grown in recent years though research has mostly focused in the United States and in specific groups. This research contributes to the literature by looking at three educational levels in Singapore and by taking a two-pronged approach to the relationship among these three variables. It answers the following reflexivity: How do students learn to use mobile phone functions? How do they use mobile phones for learning functions? This chapter considers learning as the reflexive process where attitude and aptitude are acquired and shared for curricular and extra-curricular activities. Findings indicate two themes: how students 1) develop the skills to use the expanding array of mobile phone technologies, and integrate these in their daily life and 2) use mobile phones in school and in their schoolwork. Data for the study came from focus interviews with 36 informants who were selected through maximum variation sampling according to their age, educational level, and household income.

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