The uses and abuses of power: teaching school leadership through children's literature

Journal of Educational Administration and History

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 367-386

  Thomson, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children's literature; headteachers; representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907577648     PISSN: 00220620     EISSN: 14787431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220620.2014.940858     Document Type: Article

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