Fast Track teaching: Beginning the experiment in accelerated leadership development

School Leadership and Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-293

  Churches, Richard ^a   Hutchinson, Geraldine ^a   Jones, Jeff ^a  

^a CfBT Education Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fast Track; Leadership; Leadership development; Personalisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 71049188015     PISSN: 13632434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632430902793783     Document Type: Review

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