Abstract
Parents are their children’s first teachers and continue to influence their children’s attitudes toward learning throughout their schooling years. Compared to their children, parents of this generation are only introduced to the smartphones when they are older and more responsible. Now that these smartphones are placed in the hands of their children 24/7, who can use it at home and in school, the question that begs to be answered would be the parental attitudes toward smartphone-enabled learning. In this chapter, we seek to explore parents’ perceptions of their involvement in their children’s use of this disruptive technology. An exploratory study was conducted, by means of a survey, on parents of children from the Primary 3 level. The importance of parental involvement in their children’s learning with smartphones in the midst of mobile technological advancements and heightened connectivity in urban Singapore will be discussed.
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Hong, H., Koh, E., Loh, J., Tan, C.M., Tan, H.M. (2016). Exploring Parental Involvement in Smartphone-Enabled Learning. In: Chai, C., Lim, C., Tan, C. (eds) Future Learning in Primary Schools. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-579-2_11
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