Managerial style, the National Curriculum and teachers' culture: Responses to educational change in a primary school

Educational Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 243-262

  Littledyke, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; Culture; Educational change; Management; National Curriculum; Primary

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039496435     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0013188970390301     Document Type: Article

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