Changing schools: More than a lick of paint and a well-orchestrated performance?

Improving Schools

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-57

  Thomson, Pat ^a   McGregor, Jane ^a   Sanders, Ethel ^a   Alexiadou, Nafsika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creativity; Curriculum redesign; Pedagogy; Professional development; School change

Indexed keywords

EID: 63049100178     PISSN: 13654802     EISSN: 14757583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1365480208100245     Document Type: Article

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