Biology Teachers’ Perception of Integrating Mobile Phones as Instructional Strategy in Teaching Senior Secondary School Students in Minna Metropolis,Nigeria.

Abstract

This study examined Biology teachers’ perception of integrating mobile phone as an instructional strategy in teaching and learning of Biology in senior secondary schools in Minna Metropolis, Niger State. A total of 50 Biology teachers was sampled. In carrying out the research, two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated. The data collected were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and t-test, using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) application version 20. The results indicated that Biology teachers negatively perceived the application of technology into teaching and learning activities in schools, use of mobile phones for teaching and learning of Biology. There was no gender difference in Biology teachers’ perception of application of technology in to teaching of Biology. No gender difference in the Biology teachers' perception of integrating mobile phone as instructional strategies in teaching Biology in senior secondary schools in Minna Metropolis. Based on these findings, it was recommended that government should educate, encourage and provide mobile phones to schools to enhance teaching Biology.