School leaders' opportunities to learn: A descriptive analysis from a distributed perspective

Educational Review

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 407-432

  Spillane, James P ^a   Healey, Kaleen ^a   Parise, Leigh Mesler ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed leadership; Leader learning; Professional development; School leadership and management; School reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949099211     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: 14653397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131910903403998     Document Type: Article

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