Preparing novice principals in Australia and Turkey: How similar are their needs?

Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 307-326

  Wildy, Helen ^a   Clarke, Simon ^a   Styles, Irene ^a   Beycioglu, Kadir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

International comparison; Rasch measurement; School principal preparation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958484671     PISSN: 18748597     EISSN: 18748600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11092-010-9106-y     Document Type: Article

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