Breakthroughs in school leadership development in Australia

School Leadership and Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-154

  Dinham, Stephen ^a   Anderson, Michelle ^b   Caldwell, Brian ^a   Weldon, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Australian Council for Educational Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

educational change; leadership; management; school effectiveness; school improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958154330     PISSN: 13632434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632434.2011.560602     Document Type: Review

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