Dilemmas of leading national curriculum reform in a global era: A Chinese perspective

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 293-311

  Yin, Hongbiao ^a   Lee, John Chi Kin ^b   Wang, Wenlan ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

change leadership; curriculum reform; Globalization; leadership dilemma; mainland China

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894735692     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143213499261     Document Type: Article

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