Investigation of Vocational High School Students 'Views on Smart Phone Use: A Case Study

Abstract

The most preferred tools of technology today are internet and smart phones. Nowadays, these two tools offer numerous services and facilities to humanity in many areas. Accessing technology at any time, having a pleasant time, interacting without the limitations of face to face communication are some of them. That is why; individuals have become unable to live without internet and smartphones. Especially the rapid developments in information and communication technologies, internet and social media media, which is among the means of access to smart phones among university students and has made widespread use. In this context, a case study was conducted in order to examine the opinions of the students about the use of smart phones in Vocational High School students. For this purpose, the students' opinions were taken with a structured interview form. The questions in the interview form were developed by the researchers by conducting a comprehensive literature review. Expert opinion was consulted in the preparation of the interview form. The experts evaluated the suitability of the questions in terms of scope and language. The study group consisted of 10 students from the Department of Computer Programming and Computer Technology of Kafkas University. It is foreseen that the results of the research can lead to future scientific studies.

Forbidden and necessary: making sense of smartphones in vocational teaching

“…This could partly be related to the fact that smartphones are not provided by the school (Ott, 2017). It could also be related to values that originate from risks of addiction (Bagci and Peksen, 2018; Chen et al , 2011; Yildiz and Alkan, 2019), cheating and bullying (Callan and Johnston, 2022; Leino Lindell, 2018; Ott, 2017) or risks related to security in workplaces (Asplund and Kontio, 2020). At the same time, teachers describe major challenges in banning smartphones from teaching and emphasize the urgent need to domesticate smartphones and educate the students on how to relate to them in their current life and in their future work.…”

“…Research shows how smartphones in an educational context can facilitate learning as well as cause disruption (Grigic Magnusson, 2022; Ott, 2017; Sung, 2016). Using mobile devices such as smartphones has become common for educational purposes because of its ability to facilitate communication and to connect students to the internet (Thomas and Muñoz, 2016; Yildiz and Alkan, 2019). The benefits are described as, i.e.…”

“…However, several studies report that smartphones have been a reason for conflicts and tension (Beland and Murphy, 2016; Merchant, 2012; Ott, 2017). “Smartphone addiction” is highly emphasized in research (Bagci and Peksen, 2018; Chen et al , 2011; Yildiz and Alkan, 2019) as well as highlighting smartphone as something that gives rise to distraction among students (Almén, 2021; Beland and Murphy, 2016; Thomas and Muñoz, 2016). The chances of students using smartphones in harmful ways that increase the risks of cheating or bullying are also stressed in the literature (Callan and Johnston, 2022; Leino Lindell, 2018; Ott, 2017).…”

Impact of smartphone usage on academic performance: a study on undergraduates in FMSC of University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

“…Besides the positive role of smartphone in our daily lives, its overuse presents negative impact on psychological health, sleep, and academic performance of students (Gupta, Garg & Arora 2019). The overuse of smartphones brings the negative concepts such as smartphone addiction, asocialization and social escape (Yildiz & Alkan 2019).…”