Instructional leadership for quality learning: An assessment of the impact of the primary school management development project in Botswana

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 471-494

  Pansiri, Owen Nkobi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Instructional leadership; Instructional supervision; Pedagogical leadership; School improvement; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949099533     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143208095789     Document Type: Article

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