Do primary school teachers in cypriot schools see themselves as leaders? echoing practitioners' voices on levers and barriers

Teacher Development

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-239

  Nicolaidou, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leadership professional development; Self empowered teacher leadership; Teacher leadership; Teacher professionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954036840     PISSN: 13664530     EISSN: 17475120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13664530.2010.494503     Document Type: Article

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