Sociotechnical cultural activity: Expanding an understanding of emergent technology practices

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-351

  Degennaro, Donna ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

After school programmes; Cultural influence; Social environment; Technological literacy; Urban youth; Web page design

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249129708     PISSN: 00220272     EISSN: 13665839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220270801930655     Document Type: Article

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