Understanding structural and cultural school characteristics in relation to educational change: The case of ICT integration

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-235

  Tondeur, Jo ^a   Devos, Geert ^a,b   van Houtte, Mieke ^a   van Braak, Johan ^a   Valcke, Martin ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Educational change; ICT integration; Primary education; School culture; School policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449408233     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690902804349     Document Type: Article

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