The role teachers' expectations and value assessments of video games play in their adopting and integrating them into their classrooms

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 197-213

  Kenny, Robert F ^a   McDaniel, Rudy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM UP APPROACH; EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS; INFORMAL LEARNING; PILOT STUDIES; POLICY MAKERS; POSITIVE CHANGES; POTENTIAL CHANGE; PRE-SERVICE TEACHER; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TEACHER TRAINING; TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION; TOPDOWN; VALUE ASSESSMENT; VIDEO GAME;

CURRICULA; EDUCATION COMPUTING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTEGRATION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; TECHNOLOGY;

TEACHING;

EID: 79951868931     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2009.01007.x     Document Type: Article

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