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This chapter argues for the provision of Internet-based resources to augment students’ and teachers’ access to modern science and technology via a virtual portal. The key advantage of this approach is that the scientific and technological communities of practice can be made more widely accessible to a larger audience. In addition, relevance and appropriateness can be maximised when content is developed by a group of experts including practicing scientists and technologists, teachers, and education researchers.
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Buntting, C., Jones, A. (2012). Expanding the Capacity For Connection. In: France, B., Compton, V. (eds) Bringing Communities Together. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-791-2_7
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