Sustaining effective literacy practices over time in secondary schools: School organisational and change issues

Language and Education

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 387-405

  May, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cross curricular; Effective schools; Literacy; Professional development; School change; School organisation; Secondary schools; Whole school

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248976469     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/le799.0     Document Type: Article

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