Promise and possibility for aspiring principals: An emerging leadership identity through learning to do action research

Qualitative Report

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1304-1329

  Batagiannis, Stella C ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Educational leadership; Pedagogy in higher education; Team projects; Transformational leadership, constructivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052684622     PISSN: 10520147     EISSN: 21603715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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