Do principal-educators have the ability to transform schools?: A South African perspective

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 786-795

  November, I ^a   Alexander, G ^b   van Wyk, M M ^b  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Change; Democractic citizenship; Democracy; Principal educators; Transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649336227     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2009.10.014     Document Type: Article

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