Establishment of a new school and an innovative school: Lessons from two Israeli case studies

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 651-663

  Tubin, Dorit ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Israel; School buildings

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949119939     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513540810908566     Document Type: Article

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