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Selling tech to teachers: education trade shows as policy events

Catarina Player-KoroFaculty of Education, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, SwedenORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-4178-4609
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Annika Bergviken RensfeldtFaculty of Education, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Neil SelwynFaculty of Education, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden;Faculty of Education, Monash University, Gothenburg, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 682-703 | Received 29 Jan 2017, Accepted 12 Sep 2017, Published online: 21 Sep 2017

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