Critical dimensions of the caring culture of an urban middle school

International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning

Volumn 6, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-19

  Ferreira, Maria Madalena ^a   Smith, Gerald R ^b   Bosworth, Kris ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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