Leadership for equity and social justice in Arab and Jewish schools in Israel: Leadership trajectories and pedagogical praxis

International Journal of Multicultural Education

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 162-187

  Arar, Khalid Husny ^a  

^a Sakhnin College for Teacher Education   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arab; Israel; Jewish; Principal; Social justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924626998     PISSN: 19345267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18251/ijme.v17i1.938     Document Type: Article

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