Distributed curriculum leadership in action: A Hong Kong case study

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 286-303

  Law, Edmond ^a   Galton, Maurice ^b   Wan, Sally ^c  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curriculum change; Distributed leadership; School based models of curriculum development; Teacher development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952158953     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143209359714     Document Type: Article

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