Multi-point e-conferencing with initial teacher training students in England: Pitfalls and potential

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1476-1486

  Pratt, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E conferencing; Education policy; International comparison; Teacher training; Teaching practice; Videoconferencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 45449090022     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2008.02.018     Document Type: Article

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