Bourdieu's misrecognition: Why educational leadership standards will not reform schools or leadership

Journal of Educational Administration and History

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-170

  English, Fenwick W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Doxa; Leadership standards; Misrecognition; Power knowledge; Professional field; Role standardisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860784359     PISSN: 00220620     EISSN: 14787431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220620.2012.658763     Document Type: Article

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