Schools as Communities: Purveyors of Democratic Values and the Cornerstones of a Public Philosophy

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-193

  Alexander, Gary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Schools as communities; Schools as open systems; Sustainable educational communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033417783     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022426130549     Document Type: Article

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