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Educational Technology in Schools

Policymaking and Policy Enactment

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The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the vital issues addressed in this part of the book and to reflect on the contextual background of policymaking and policy enactment of educational technology in schools. This section centres around the Norwegian social context as an example discussion case.

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Elstad, E. (2016). Educational Technology in Schools. In: Elstad, E. (eds) Digital Expectations and Experiences in Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-648-4_3

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