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The use of ICT in teaching and learning is a worldwide trend in many parts of the world, such as the USA, the UK, Australia, China, Singapore and Hong Kong. The common expectation is that the use of ICT will improve the quality of education. According to the information provided by the Education and Manpower Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government (EMB, 2004a, p. 1–2), a very good ICT infrastructure is available in all schools in Hong Kong. It is appropriate now to consider how to make good use of such an IT-rich learning environment, and to devise means to avoid the undesirable phenomenon of “high-tech schools, low-tech teaching” (Cuban, 2001).
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Fong, R.W.H., Holland, T. (2011). A Study of Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices of Using Information and Communication Technology (Ict) in Classrooms. In: Cheng, M.M.H., So, W.W.M. (eds) Science Education in International Contexts. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-427-0_11
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