Children's Participation in Evaluating the Role of New Information and Communication Technologies in Schools

Education and Information Technologies

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 331-341

  Downes, Toni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children's rights; Evaluation; Minority groups; School education

Indexed keywords

EID: 24044508396     PISSN: 13602357     EISSN: 15737608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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