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Teacher Trainees’ Perspectives on the Use of Technology for Teaching and Learning in Forced Displacement Contexts

By: Loise Gichuhi  
Open Access
|Mar 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jime.884 | Journal eISSN: 1365-893X
Language: English
Submitted on: Dec 25, 2023
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Accepted on: Jan 24, 2025
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Published on: Mar 6, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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