School autonomy and 21st century skills in the Israeli educational system: Discrepancies between the declarative and operational levels

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1231-1246

  Nir, Adam ^a   Ben David, Adi ^a   Bogler, Ronit ^b   Inbar, Dan ^a   Zohar, Anat ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Israel; School autonomy; Twenty first century skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983507693     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJEM-11-2015-0149     Document Type: Review

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