Making education reform happen: Is there an 'Asian' way?

School Leadership and Management

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 401-418

  Hallinger, Philip ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asia; education reform; educational change; leadership; management

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650102907     PISSN: 13632434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632434.2010.502524     Document Type: Review

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