Assessing the Innovation of Mobile Pedagogy from the Teacher’s Perspective

Jie Zhang () and Sunze Yu
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Jie Zhang: School of Foreign Languages, North Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, China
Sunze Yu: Business School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 23, 1-15

Abstract: This paper focuses on the use of mobile technology to assist teaching and learning in distance education. It aims to investigate teaching behaviour in mobile pedagogy and examine the impact of technology on current education. A case study was conducted through semi-structured interviews with a cohort of 30 Chinese lecturers who taught English through online tutoring. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the interview data and the assessment was based on teacher perceptions of mobile pedagogy. The impact of technology on the current educational environment is discussed through an analysis of mobile pedagogy and teacher perceptions. The findings show that mobile pedagogy is highly regional in practice and nature and features in-country software applications and social communication tools. Despite the attributes of connectivity and flexibility, mobile pedagogy only disrupted traditional teaching methods, leading to minimal changes to the education system. This study provides recommendations for the sustainable development of mobile pedagogy for future education systems in the digital age.

Keywords: mobile pedagogy; higher education; sustainable development; thematic analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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