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ERIC Number: EJ666630
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0007-1013
Silicon Valley versus Silicon Glen: The Impact of Computers upon Teaching and Learning: A Comparative Study.
Conlon, Tom; Simpson, Mary
British Journal of Educational Technology, v34 n2 p137-50 Mar 2003
Compares the impact of information technology initiatives in Scottish schools with a study of schools in the Silicon Valley (California). Highlights include computer use by subject; frequency of computer use in schools; student attitudes; questionnaire responses; obstacles to use of technology; and implications for policymaking. (LRW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Intellectual Disciplines, Policy Formation, Questionnaires, Student Attitudes, Surveys, Technology Uses in Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Barriers to Innovation; Scotland; Silicon Valley
Note: Issue theme: Rhetoric and Reality: The Present and Future of ICT (Information and Communications Technology) in Education.