Challenges facing school leadership in promoting ICT integration in instruction in the public schools of Bahrain

Education and Information Technologies

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 303-318

  Abdul Razzak, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Digital literacy; ICT training; School leadership; Technology integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889972117     PISSN: 13602357     EISSN: 15737608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10639-013-9283-7     Document Type: Article

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