Exploring pedagogical leadership in early years education in Saudi Arabia

School Leadership and Management

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 121-139

  Alameen, Lubna ^a   Male, Trevor ^a   Palaiologou, Ioanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early years education; Leadership; Management; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937073167     PISSN: 13632434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632434.2014.992773     Document Type: Article

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