The impact of media technologies on students learning processes, a case of junior high schools in Bolgatanga East District

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.