Lessons learned? School leadership and curriculum reform in Hong Kong

Asia Pacific Journal of Education

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-242

  Tong, Siu Yin Annie ^a  

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

Author keywords

Curriculum; Leadership; Management; Reform; School based

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954076137     PISSN: 02188791     EISSN: 17426855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02188791003722000     Document Type: Article

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