Teachers' computer anxiety: Implications for professional development

Education and Information Technologies

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-30

  Russell, Glenn ^a   Bradley, Graham ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Computing; Professional development; Teacher education; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041611339     PISSN: 13602357     EISSN: 15737608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018680322904     Document Type: Article

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