Making Meaning of Educational Leadership: The Principalship in Metaphor

NASSP Bulletin

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-171

  Linn, Genie B ^a   Sherman, Ross ^b   Gill, Peggy B ^a  

^a STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

figurative language; mental models; metaphor; principal preparation; reflective practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993736233     PISSN: 01926365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192636507302095     Document Type: Article

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