Mobile-Learning in a rural community. Problems of the psychology of learning in context at primary and secondary school students

Abstract

The research presented is based on a series of educational experiments spanning 4 years, conducted in rural communities in Southern Romania with students of various ages in primary and secondary schools. The objective was to evaluate teaching and learning approaches in context using mobile devices and interactive and adaptive learning applications. The paper presents results and discusses different problems of the psychology of learning enhanced by modern technologies. Thus, the paper evaluates the research hypothesis that an educational approach to teaching and learning in a familiar context – local site or landscape – by overlapping familiar notions with new notions represents an important psychological factor likely to enhance the results of the process of learning.