Abstract:
Media Technologies in general, has become the order of the day; as Technology
advances, the use of these media Technologies also increases day in day out. The use
of the media technologies to learn negative things is the biggest problem affecting the
learning processes in the lives of students. However, the media technologies have both
positive and negative impacts in the learning processes of Junior High School Students
hence the need to analyze how these Media technologies have impacted in the learning
processes of Junior High School Students. The purpose of the study is to investigate the
effect of media Technologies on students of Junior High School’s learning processes in
the Bolgatanga East District. The study adopted a survey study design. The study was
conducted in Junior High Schools in Bolgatanga East District involving both Teachers
and Students. A sampling weight procedure was used to select the sample of 227
students and 47 teachers from the population. Questionnaire was the main instrument
used to collect data. Comparative and Quantitative data analysis methods were used
with aid of statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 23.0 in the analysis of
the data. The study confirmed that students use the media technologies both in school
and at home. It also revealed that students spend a lot of productive time on the media
technologies rather than their academic work.
Description:
A Dissertation in the Department of Information Technology Education,
Faculty of Technical Education, submitted to the School of
Graduate Studies, in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the award of the degree of
Master of Science
(Information Technology Education)
in the University of Education, Winneba
MAY, 2020
