Leadership development: A lever for system-wide educational change

South African Journal of Education

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Naicker, Suraiya R ^a   Mestry, Raj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Collective capacity building; District officials; Education change; Educational leadership; Leadership development; Principals; School district; System leadership; System wide change

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009773587     PISSN: 02560100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15700/saje.v36n4a1336     Document Type: Article

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