England's National College for School Leadership: A model for leadership education?

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-98

  Riley, Dan ^a   Mulford, Bill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Educational personnnel; England; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846634975     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230710722467     Document Type: Article

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