Metaphorical duality: High school subject departments as both communities and organizations

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1193-1205

  Melville, Wayne ^a   Wallace, John ^b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community; Organizational development; School organization; Secondary schools; Secondary teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447562977     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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