Instructional leadership practices in challenging school contexts

Education as Change

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Naicker, Inbanathan ^a   Chikoko, Vitallis ^a   Mthiyane, Siphiwe Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

asset based approach; challenging contexts; instructional leadership; school principal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890647044     PISSN: 16823206     EISSN: 19479417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16823206.2014.865999     Document Type: Article

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