'It's only as stupid as you are': Children's and adults' negotiation of ICT competence at home and at school

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-42

  Holloway, Sarah L ^a   Valentine, Gill ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Competence; Home; ICT; School; Spatiality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013253568     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360020028258     Document Type: Article

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