Implementing government policy on ICT in education: Lessons learnt

Education and Information Technologies

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 385-400

  Younie, Sarah ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Evaluation; Government policy; Implementation; Multifarious strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750969086     PISSN: 13602357     EISSN: 15737608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10639-006-9017-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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