"Are you saying I'm to blame?" Exploring the influence of a principal on elementary science delivery

Research in Science Education

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 137-152

  Lewthwaite, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elementary science curriculum implementation; Principal as instructional leader

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042731853     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:RISE.0000033763.12967.15     Document Type: Article

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