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Inclusion Through the Lens of School Culture

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Leadership for Inclusive Education

Part of the book series: Studies in Inclusive Education ((STUIE,volume 18))

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It seems that regardless of some decades of development, educational management and leadership theory still needs clearer definition and independence from general management theory. Many authors argue that in order to solve this problem, thinking about management and leadership in education has to take into account the idea of organizational culture as the most adequate and promising approach (Bottery, 1992; Harris,1992).

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Dorczak, R. (2013). Inclusion Through the Lens of School Culture. In: Leadership for Inclusive Education. Studies in Inclusive Education, vol 18. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-134-4_5

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