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ERIC Number: EJ962489
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Dec
Pages: 7
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1449-6313
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Why Digital Literacy Is Important for Science Teaching and Learning
Ng, Wan
Teaching Science, v57 n4 p26-32 Dec 2011
In recent years, the Australian Government has invested heavily ($2.4 b) into the Digital Education Revolution with initiatives that aim at increasing ICT proficiencies in teachers and school leaders and equipping Years 9-12 students with a laptop each. Such initiatives should be welcomed by the science education community as ICT offers affordances that could benefit enormously the teaching and learning of science. This paper argues that as part of the sustainable changes to using ICT in science education, is the need to develop digital literacy in teachers and students. (Contains 1 table, 1 figure and 2 footnotes.)
Australian Science Teachers Association. P.O. Box 334, Deakin West, ACT 2600, Australia. Tel: +61-02-6282-9377; Fax: +61-02-6282-9477; e-mail: publications@asta.edu.au; Web site: http://www.asta.edu.au/resources/teachingscience
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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