Abstract

Most recently, mobile devices can support a large diversity of tasks being used for communication, socialization, interaction, collaboration, and sharing of information and resources. As already known, mobile phones became active parts of the lifestyle of many teachers and students. The powerful capabilities of mobile devices and the increasing number of educational applications opened new perspectives for the integration of cell phones in the classroom. Mobile learning provides various opportunities for teachers to increase students’ motivation, individualize the teaching process, and extend it outside the classroom. This study therefore aimed at investigating the Influence of Mobile Phone Technologies on Improving the Instructional Process in Junior Secondary Schools of FCT-Abuja (IMPTIIP). The research design employed was a descriptive survey using quantitative and qualitative data. The target population included teachers in junior secondary schools of Federal Capital Territory-Abuja. The schools were proportionately chosen after stratification according to area councils, and four out of the six area councils were picked. The sample size of respondents was 357 of 5596 total population of teachers in junior secondary school in FCT. The data was collected using questionnaires from the teachers. The researcher used the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) for the analyses. This involves the use of simple percentages and frequencies for demographic data, while mean scores and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions. The Pearson Product-Moment was used to test the hypothesis at a 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that mobile phone technologies had great potential as an instructional tool and it could positively influence the instructional process. After analyses, the results were presented in the form of tables and figures. Discussion and conclusions were drawn. The study came up with recommendations for teachers, curriculum planners, and content developers for policy and further research.