Just 'good and bad news'? Disciplinary imaginaries of head teachers in Australian and English print media

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 301-320

  Blackmore, Jill ^a   Thomson, Pat ^b,c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Headteachers; Leadership; Media; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542518498     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0268093042000207638     Document Type: Article

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