The use of ICT in primary schools within emerging communities of implementation

Computers and Education

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-91

  Hadjithoma, Christina ^a   Karagiorgi, Yiasemina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communities of implementation; ICT policy

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; PLANNING;

COMMUNITIES OF IMPLEMENTATION; COMMUNITIES OF IMPLEMENTATIONS; DO-MAINS; ICT POLICY; IMPLEMENTATION PRACTICES; IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INNOVATION ADOPTIONS; PRIMARY SCHOOLS; TWO TYPES;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 56549110638     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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