Leading in the age of post-socialist education transformations: Examining sustainability of teacher education reform in Latvia

Journal of Educational Change

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 347-370

  Webster, Colin ^a   Silova, Iveta ^a   Moyer, Amy ^a   McAllister, Suzanne ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational change; Latvia; Non government organizations (NGOs); Post socialist transformations; Sustainable leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960043314     PISSN: 13892843     EISSN: 15731812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10833-010-9152-8     Document Type: Article

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