Proponent/Claimant
Abstract
The world is governed by the dynamic change of technology. Its advancements dictate the massive transformation of daily undertakings; so as the lives and humankind existence. Technology offers great responsibility to human race while on one hand affects transactions including the educational formation of the human mind. The study to explores the impact of smartphone as it is utilized in instruction among secondary students to document their behavior towards smartphone use in the accomplishments of school-related learning requirements. The study adopted descriptive phenomenology design to ten participants with at least two years experience of using smartphone in learning, male or female regardless of the age. Further, the data will thematically be treated following the 7-steps of Collaizi to identify the salient themes. The result would yield importance to develop programs that aids learners to increase knowledge retention using smartphones. The study revealed six major themes: such as, (1). Lifestyle; (2.) Low academic performance (3.) Poor Family life (4.) FOMO(Fear Of Missing Out) (5.) Not regulated at home and school. (6) Anxiety/Stress