The effectiveness of a university-based professional development program in developing Bahraini school leaders' management and leadership competencies of implementing effective school-wide professional development and ICT integration

Professional Development in Education

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 732-753

  Abdul Razzak, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Bahrain; educational reform; information and computer technology integration; professional development; school capacity; school leaders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885067009     PISSN: 19415257     EISSN: 19415265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19415257.2012.759127     Document Type: Article

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