Modeling the longitudinal effects of school leadership on teaching and learning

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 653-681

  Heck, Ronald H ^a   Hallinger, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Effects of leadership; Instructionally focussed leadership; Leadership; School change; School improvement; School leadership; Student learning; Teaching quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924012462     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JEA-08-2013-0097     Document Type: Article

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