Teachers' perceptions of technology integration in the United Arab Emirates school classrooms

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 165-175

  Almekhlafi, Abdurrahman Ghaleb ^a   Almeqdadi, Farouq Ahmad ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b EMIRATES COLLEGE FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Teachers' perceptions; Technology integration; UAE Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954267322     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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