Contextualizing Distributed Leadership Within Early Childhood Education: Current Understandings, Research Evidence and future Challenges

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-44

  Heikka, Johanna ^a   Waniganayake, Manjula ^a   Hujala, Eeva ^b,c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

distributed leadership; early childhood education; leadership; literature review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872351166     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143212462700     Document Type: Article

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