Collaboration between school and parents to foster information literacy: Learning in the information society

Computers and Education

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 275-282

  Kong, Siu Cheung ^a   Li, Kai Ming ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Collaboration support; Home school; Information literacy; Information technology in education; Parental support

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

COLLABORATION SUPPORT; HOME ENVIRONMENTS; HOME-SCHOOL; HONG KONG; INFORMATION LITERACY; INFORMATION SOCIETIES; PARENTAL SUPPORT; PRIMARY SCHOOLS; STUDENT LEARNINGS; SUPPORTED LEARNINGS;

EDUCATION;

EID: 57849144192     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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