A cultural look at information and communication technologies in Eastern education

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-314

  Zhang, Jianwei ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Educational change; Educational technology; Information and communication technology; Pedagogical culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250163553     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-007-9040-y     Document Type: Article

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