When reform hits reality: The bottleneck effect in Hong Kong primary schools

School Leadership and Management

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 505-521

  Cheng, Yin Chong ^a   Walker, Allan ^b  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bottleneck effect; Educational reforms; Hong Kong; Primary schools; Principalship; School leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 61249505385     PISSN: 13632434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632430802499994     Document Type: Review

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