Relating school leadership to perceived professional learning community characteristics: A multilevel analysis

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 57, Issue , 2016, Pages 26-38

  Vanblaere, Bénédicte ^a   Devos, Geert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Multilevel analysis; Professional learning community (PLC); School leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962576028     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2016.03.003     Document Type: Article

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