A failure of delivery: The united kingdom's new opportunities fund programme of teacher training in information and communications technology

Journal of In-Service Education

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-140

  Conlon, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84908375906     PISSN: 13674587     EISSN: 17475082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674580400200286     Document Type: Article

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