Negotiated identities: Dynamics in parents' participation in school governance in rural Eastern Cape schools and implication for school leadership

South African Journal of Education

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 431-450

  Brown, Byron ^a   Duku, Ntombozuko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

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EID: 78049436376     PISSN: 02560100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15700/saje.v28n3a122     Document Type: Article

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