Teacher leadership: A survey analysis of KwaZulu-Natal teachers' perceptions

South African Journal of Education

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 401-419

  Grant, Callie ^a   Gardner, Karen ^b   Kajee, Farhana ^b   Moodley, Ronnie ^b   Somaroo, Sharila ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Distributed leadership; Education leadership; Power; School management teams; Teacher leadership; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 78549272064     PISSN: 02560100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15700/saje.v30n3a362     Document Type: Article

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