Investigating specialist school ethos ... or do you mean culture?

Educational Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-94

  Solvason, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Culture; Ethos; Specialist schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 11844300331     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305569042000310985     Document Type: Review

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