MOBILE PHONES AND EDUCATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: FROM YOUTH PRACTICE TO PUBLIC POLICY
MOBILE PHONES AND EDUCATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: FROM YOUTH PRACTICE TO PUBLIC POLICY
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DOI：
10.1002/jid.3116
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发表时间：
2016-01-01
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Abane, Albert
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作者：
Porter, Gina;Hampshire, Kate;Abane, Albert
在整个非洲，年轻人使用移动的电话的人数呈指数级增长。它的变革潜力令人兴奋，但本文提出的调查结果表明，非洲学校使用移动的电话的负面影响正变得越来越明显。在加纳，马拉维和南非的24个地点进行了混合方法的实地研究，并与教育机构，公共政策制定者和网络提供商进行了相关讨论，我们研究了目前的状况，并提出了更令人满意的实践和政策一致性的建议，促进了在教育环境中使用手机的更积极的方面，并对更具破坏性的方面进行了抵制。(C)2015作者《国际发展杂志》，JohnWiley & Sons Ltd.出版。
Young people's use of mobile phones is expanding exponentially across Africa. Its transformative potential is exciting, but findings presented in this paper indicate how the downside of mobile phone use in African schools is becoming increasingly apparent. Drawing on mixed-methods field research in 24 sites across Ghana, Malawi and South Africa and associated discussions with educational institutions, public policy makers and network providers, we examine the current state of play and offer suggestions towards a more satisfactory alignment of practice and policy which promotes the more positive aspects of phone use in educational contexts and militates against more damaging ones. (C) 2015 The Authors. Journal of International Development published by JohnWiley & Sons Ltd.