The Use of Mobile Learning of Physics Teachers in Secondary Schools in Mogadishu Somalia
Keywords:
Mobile learning, physics, physics teachers, teaching, learningAbstract
This research evaluates the percentage of physics teacher’s use of mobile learning in Secondary schools in Mogadishu, Somalia, which are official teachers in the public and private secondary schools. The research was used in a theoretical and an empirical evaluation. The theoretical evaluation was based on the experience of the researcher in teaching physics in the secondary schools in Mogadishu, and expertise the use of educational technology mobile learning. The empirical evaluation was based on data collected from 50 physics teachers at different secondary schools in Mogadishu in the form of questionnaires and classroom observation. The frequencies, the percent and the bar diagrams to represent the data of the study, and the chi-squares test for analysis. The results of the evaluation show that the physics teachers’ usage of the mobile learning is really weak in Mogadishu, Somalia. The researcher recommends the physics teachers to seek online for the Educational technology, mobile learning or be assigned to in-service workshops devoted about its advantages.
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