From public policy to family practices: Researching the everyday realities of families' technology use at home

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 336-346

  Stevenson, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Families; Home; ICT usage; Learning; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960213876     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2011.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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