Democratizing school authority: Brazilian teachers' perceptions of the election of principals

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 952-966

  Myers, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazilian education; Collective decision making; School democratization; Teacher empowerment

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749102813     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2007.09.012     Document Type: Article

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