Understanding teacher mindsets: IT and change in Hong Kong schools

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-169

  Fox, Robert ^a   Henri, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Change in schools; IT and teacher understandings and practices; Teacher development

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844438287     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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