Educational leadership and management of knowing: The aesthetics of coherentism

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 573-588

  Maxcy, Spencer J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arts; Education; Leadership; Management theory; Pragmatism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749532786     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230110407896     Document Type: Article

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