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Title:
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NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN PORTUGAL: REGULAR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL |
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Author(s):
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Teresa Florentino , Nádia Miranda , Lucas Sánchez , Luís Joyanes |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8939-07-6 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2010 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Web-based technologies, ICT use and resources in Portuguese Middle and High School, ICT across curriculum. |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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35 |
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Last Page:
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42 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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This article refers the relation between Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and particularly web-based ones, programs and learning in Portuguese Middle and High regular public Schools. This article is based on a study started in 2007 and it is now in a final and consolidation phase. This study also includes statistical information based on collected data from questionnaires made in Grande Lisboa, main Lisbon parishes. According to these questionnaires, technologies are quite accepted in schools. Use and quantity of resources restrain learning evolution with recent technologies. Web-based technologies are insufficient inside schools and their use is low. Including and adapting ICT with programs and curriculum are goals to reach in the years to come. Combining theoretical knowledge and on field perceptions, analysis and evaluation leads us to conclude that, inside Portuguese Middle and High Schools, it seems we have some evident discrepancies when we analyse ICT across the curriculum, quantities and use of ICT resources. E-Learning, virtual classroom and virtual schools are probably a desired goal but far from the real situation in Portuguese education. However, we are optimistic, perspectives are good and we will overcome this problem. |
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