The interplay between learning and the use of ICT in Rwandan student teacherś everyday practice

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 539-548

  Mukama, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

Agent of change; Information and communication technology; Motivation; Rwanda; Teacher education; Zone of proximal development

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449428745     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2009.00326.x     Document Type: Article

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