Using the dynamic model of educational effectiveness to design strategies and actions to face bullying

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-104

  Kyriakides, Leonidas ^a   Creemers, Bert P M ^b   Muijs, Daniel ^c   Rekers Mombarg, Lyset ^b   Papastylianou, Dona ^d   Van Petegem, Peter ^e   Pearson, Diana ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dynamic approach to school improvement; educational effectiveness research; multilevel modelling; school bullying

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893382337     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: 17445124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09243453.2013.771686     Document Type: Article

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