The sustainability of school improvement in challenging contexts case study of public schools in Antofagasta, Chile

This master thesis examines the factors that determine the sustainability of improvement made by schools in challenging contexts. The study focuses on nine public schools in Antofagasta, Chile. These schools have undertaken an improvement program during a given time span. As a result, the schools ha...

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Main Author: Espinoza Zamorategui, Karla
Other Authors: Yhteiskuntatieteellinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Social Sciences, Yhteiskuntatieteiden ja filosofian laitos, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän yliopisto
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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title_full The sustainability of school improvement in challenging contexts : case study of public schools in Antofagasta, Chile
title_fullStr The sustainability of school improvement in challenging contexts : case study of public schools in Antofagasta, Chile The sustainability of school improvement in challenging contexts : case study of public schools in Antofagasta, Chile
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