Deputy-principals in Arab schools in Israel: An era of reform

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 96-113

  Arar, Khalid ^a  

^a Center for Academic Studies   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arab education system; Career; Deputy principal; Israel; Leadership in education; School principal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890889011     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJEM-01-2012-0003     Document Type: Article

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