Models of self-governance in schools: Australia and the United Kingdom

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-44

  Bush, Tony ^a   Gamage, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Governance; Schools; Self managed learning; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037778693     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513540110380604     Document Type: Article

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