Science Teachers’ Response to the Digital Education Revolution

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 417-431

  Nielsen, Wendy ^a   Miller, K Alex ^a   Hoban, Garry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case study; Digital Education Revolution; High school; Laptop; Policy issues; Science teaching; Twenty first century learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937523383     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-014-9527-3     Document Type: Article

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