The influence of school leadership on teachers' perception of teacher evaluation policy

Educational Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 521-536

  Tuytens, Melissa ^a   Devos, Geert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Educational policy; Implementation; School leadership; Teacher evaluation; Teachers' perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956958987     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055691003729054     Document Type: Article

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