Individual and collective leadership in school science departments

Research in Science Education

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 141-161

  Ritchie, Stephen M ^a   Mackay, Gail ^b   Rigano, Donna L ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Curriculum leadership; Curriculum planning; Leadership roles; Science departments; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745071544     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-005-9001-6     Document Type: Article

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