Light touch critical friendship

Improving Schools

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 205-219

  Swaffield, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical friend; Learning how to learn; New relationship; School improvement; School improvement partner; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748931193     PISSN: 13654802     EISSN: 14757583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1365480207077845     Document Type: Article

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