Behind the starting line: School capacity building in early childhood education

School Leadership and Management

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 501-514

  Ho, Dora ^a   Chen, Shu Chin Susan ^b  

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

^b NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Early childhood education; Leadership; Quality improvement; University support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888358082     PISSN: 13632434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632434.2013.800476     Document Type: Article

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