Educational leadership for social justice in Costa Rica, Mexico, and Spain

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 316-333

  Silva, Patricia ^a   Slater, Charles L ^b   Lopez Gorosave, Gema ^c   Cerdas, Victoria ^d   Torres, Nancy ^d   Antunez, Serafin ^e   Briceno, Fernando ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Educational administration; Leadership; Principals; Social justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016243283     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JEA-03-2016-0033     Document Type: Article

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