Pedagogical leadership from a distributed perspective within the context of early childhood education

International Journal of Leadership in Education

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 499-512

  Heikka, Johanna ^a   Waniganayake, Manjula ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84857555217     PISSN: 13603124     EISSN: 14645092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13603124.2011.577909     Document Type: Note

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