Developing instructional leaders: Using mixed methods to explore the black box of planned change in principals' professional practice

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-279

  Barnes, Carol A ^a   Camburn, Eric ^b   Sanders, Beth R ^a   Sebastian, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Consortium on Chicago School Research ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Education reform; Instructional leadership; Mixed methods; Professional learning; School improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949547791     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: 15523519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094670510361748     Document Type: Article

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