Foregrounding fieldwork in leadership preparation: The transformative capacity of authentic inquiry

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 217-257

  Perez, Lynne G ^a   Uline, Cynthia L ^a   Johnson Jr , Joseph F ^a   James Ward, Cheryl ^a   Basom, Margaret R ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fieldwork; inquiry; leadership preparation; transformative learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651405381     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: 15523519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011000010378614     Document Type: Article

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