Teacher leadership in (in)action: Three case studies of contrasting schools

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 111-134

  Muijs, Daniel ^a   Harris, Alma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributed leadership; School improvement; Teacher leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547119276     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143207071387     Document Type: Article

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