Salient characteristics of high-performing Turkish elementary schools

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 254-272

  Kondakci, Yasar ^a   Sivri, Hakan ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Leadership; Qualitative research; School effectiveness; Student achievement; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897929586     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JEA-12-2012-0136     Document Type: Article

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