School Effectiveness and Improvement in Asia: Three Waves, Nine Trends and Challenges

Springer International Handbooks of Education

Volumn 17, Issue , 2007, Pages 245-268

  Cheng, Yin Cheong ^a   Tam, Wai ming ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Educational Change; Educational Reform; Educational Research; School Education; Teacher Education

Indexed keywords

EID: 85178915863     PISSN: 21971951     EISSN: 2197196X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5747-2_13     Document Type: Chapter

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