Fostering learning and sustained improvement: The influence of principalship

European Educational Research Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 359-371

  Møller, Jorunn ^a   Vedøy, Gunn ^a   Presthus, Anne Marie ^b   Skedsmo, Guri ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

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EID: 77950542044     PISSN: 14749041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2304/eerj.2009.8.3.359     Document Type: Article

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