Teachers' views on the approach of digital games-based learning within the curriculum for excellence

International Journal of Game-Based Learning

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-51

  Razak, Aishah Abdul ^a   Connolly, Thomas M ^a   Hainey, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curriculum for excellence; Games Based learning; Primary school; Teachers; Views

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881005896     PISSN: 21556849     EISSN: 21556857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/ijgbl.2012010103     Document Type: Article

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