School Leader Perspectives on Leadership Learning Preparation and Continuing Professional Development in the Chinese Province of Fujian: An Exploratory Study

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 800-818

  Wilson, Michael ^a   Xue, Xiaomin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Hanhua Education Consultancy   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese school leaders; continuing professional development; formal and informal learning; leadership learning; phenomenographic research; pre service training; systemic contextual influences on learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886482676     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143213494187     Document Type: Article

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