Enabling teachers to become pedagogical leaders: Case studies of two IDEAS schools in Singapore and Australia

Educational Research for Policy and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-74

  Chew, Joy Oon Ai ^a   Andrews, Dorothy ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Parallel leadership; Professional development of teachers; Teacher leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149145836     PISSN: 15702081     EISSN: 15731723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10671-010-9079-0     Document Type: Article

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