Building bridges for resource acquisition: Network relationships among headteachers in Ugandan private secondary schools

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 495-512

  Hite, Julie M ^a   Hite, Steven J ^a   James Jacob, W ^b   Joshua Rew, W ^a   Mugimu, Christopher B ^a   Nsubuga, Yusuf K ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports (MOES)   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Comparative education; Curriculum; Development; Educational administration; Educational policy; International education; Literacy; Networks; Organizational resources; School performance; Social capital

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION POLICY; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 33746918747     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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