Getting lost in translation? An analysis of the international engagement of practitioners and policy-makers with the educational effectiveness research base

School Leadership and Management

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-19

  Harris, Alma ^a   Chapman, Christopher ^b   Muijs, Daniel ^c   Reynolds, David ^c   Campbell, Carol ^d   Creemers, Bert ^e   Earl, Lorna ^f   Kyriakides, Leonidas ^g   Munoz, Gonzalo ^h   Stoll, Louise ⁱ   Stringfield, Sam ^j   Van Velzen, Boudewijn ^k   Weinstein, Jose ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d OISE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f APORIA Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^h Fundacion Chile   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^k APS   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

educational effectiveness; school effectiveness; school improvement; teacher effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874345432     PISSN: 13632434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632434.2012.723622     Document Type: Article

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