Information Technology, Education and Scocial Capital

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Part of the Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering book series (LNEE, volume 137)

Abstract

This paper discusses the relations between social capital and education, and between social capital and information technology (IT). Social capital can foster educational achievement at family, school/community and region/nation level. Information technology may play a central role in the creation of social capital.

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social capital education information technology 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Laboratory of Watershed Hydrology and EcologicalCold and Arid Regions Environment and Engineering Research Institute, C A SLanzhouChina

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