ProjectMobile

Learning

Doctorate StudentMarcos Barros

Supervisors

Dr. Marcelo Carneiro Leão (Brazil)

Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE)

John Traxler Phd (England)

University of Wolverhampton

Title

Understanding the Uses

and Strategies of Mobile

Learning in

Undergraduate Science

Education Students.

Research Aims

What is being incorporated into mobile

devices, in general, and mobile phones,

specifically, in science education?

Which pedagogical and technological

elements are being developed in mobile

phones related to science education?

What future potential applications of mobile

technology can be identified ?

General purpose

Investigating the uses

and strategies of

undergraduate science

students in education in

relation to mobile learning.

Specific Objectives

To identify and understand the uses of mobile devices in general in Science Education students.

To identify and understand the uses of mobile phone specifically in Science Education Students.

To analyse the teaching strategies developed by science education students post training.

To compare the understanding and use of mobile phones and their associated teaching strategies of science education students.

Methodology

Target Group

Undergraduate Science Education Students

Study Design - Three stage process:

To complete form one of two of the survey which relates to the understanding and uses of mobile phone

To develop and apply skills in relation to mobile phone use in education

To complete form two of the survey which relates to strategies in mobile phone teaching

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