Preparing new principals in South Africa: The ACE: School leadership programme

South African Journal of Education

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-43

  Bush, Tony ^a   Kiggundu, Edith ^b   Moorosi, Pontso ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79955418133     PISSN: 02560100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15700/saje.v31n1a356     Document Type: Article

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