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Title:
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FACTORS AFFECTING PARENTAL RESISTANCE
TO THE USE OF SMARTPHONES FOR LEARNING
PURPOSES AT SCHOOLS |
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Author(s):
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Shlomit Hadad, Hagit Meishar-Tal and Ina Blau |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8533-86-9 |
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Editors:
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Inmaculada Arnedillo Sánchez, Pedro Isaías, Pascal Ravesteijn and Guido Ongena |
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Year:
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2019 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Smartphones, Parents, Resistance to Technology |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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121 |
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Last Page:
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125 |
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Language:
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English |
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Cover:
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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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. |
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