How principals promote and understand teacher development under curriculum reform in China

Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 304-315

  Qian, Haiyan ^a   Walker, Allan ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; curriculum reform; principal; school based teacher development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882276621     PISSN: 1359866X     EISSN: 14692945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359866X.2013.809050     Document Type: Article

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