Technology Addiction among Students According to Teacher Views
Technology Addiction among Students According to Teacher Views

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to analyses students’ technology addiction and the role of the school in preventing technology addiction based on teacher views. The study was designed in accordance with the phenomenological design which is one of the qualitative research designs. Maximum diversity sampling method was employed in the study. The participants were twenty-five teachers working in public or private schools. The data of the study were collected through semi-structured interview forms and analyzed using the descriptive analysis method. The findings showed that the students mostly had social network addiction, online game addiction and instant messaging addiction. In addition, it was emphasized by the teachers that those students with technology addiction had low academic achievement and had difficulty in communicating with people in their environment.

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