Successful school leadership in Australia: A research agenda

International Journal of Learning

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 113-130

  Gurr, David Mark ^a   Drysdale, Lawrie ^a   Goode, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

School improvement; School leadership; Successful schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957351480     PISSN: 14479494     EISSN: 14479540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18848/1447-9494/cgp/v17i04/47002     Document Type: Article

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