'More than Google and Facebook': Teachers have 'inadequate' skills in one area

By Andrew Taylor
Updated April 24 2017 - 9:43am, first published March 27 2017 - 8:42am
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Young teachers are entering classrooms with inadequate computer skills, with the NSW Education Minister Rob Stokes calling for improvements in teaching courses at NSW universities.