Influence of Mobile Phone Use on Secondary Schools Students' Discipline, in Moshi Municipality, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Abstract

Discipline is a key component in teaching and learning process. A good academic qualification without a good foundation of discipline of the students is of no use to the individual, school, their families and the society. The purpose of this study was to investigate on the influence of mobile phone use on secondary schools' students' discipline in Moshi, Municipality-Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. The study was guided by six research questions. The theoretical framework used Bandura's social learning theories (1977). The conceptual framework shows the influence of mobile phone on the behaviour/discipline of secondary school students. The study employs Quantitative approach, and Ex post facto designs to collect information about participants' views concerning mobile phone influence on students' discipline. The target population included all students, teachers, school board members and parents in Moshi Municipality, Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania. The researcher used sample size of 184 respondents, whereby the students were only form three and form four with total sample of 128 students, 32 teachers, 8 discipline masters, 8 school board chairpersons, and 8 parents' representatives. To get this sample the study employed stratified random sampling, simple random sampling, automatic random sampling and purposive sampling. Questionnaire was used as the main instrument of data collection, in addition document analysis guide was employed to get some findings to complement findings from the instrument mentioned prior and verify its realities. Furthermore, in this study frequency, percentage and mean scores were used to analyze data. The hypothesis was tested using Chi square and split –half method was used to test reliability of instruments. All these were done under the aid of Statistical package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22. The study found that there is significance relationship between students' mobile phone use and their behaviours in Secondary schools in Moshi Municipal.