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It is a tool, but not a ‘must’: early childhood preservice teachers’ perceptions of ICT and its affordances

Chuanmei Donga School of Education, University of New England, Armidale, Australia;b Department of Educational Studies, Macquarie University, Sydney, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pekka Mertalac Faculty of Education, University of Oulu, Oulu, FinlandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3835-0220
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Pages 540-555 | Received 23 Jan 2019, Accepted 31 May 2019, Published online: 05 Jun 2019

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