Rethinking staff development in Kenya: Agenda for the twenty-first century

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 265-275

  Wanzare, Zachariah ^a,b   Ward, Kenneth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Continuing professional development; Education; Effectiveness; Employee development; Kenya; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955830783     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513540010348052     Document Type: Article

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