A new ICT curriculum for primary education in flanders: Defining and predicting teachers' perceptions of innovation attributes

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 124-135

  Vanderlinde, Ruben ^a   van Braak Johan, Johan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ICT curriculum; Innovation attributes; Teacher perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961222063     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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