A CASE STUDY OF INTERVENTIONS THAT AIM AT CHANGING THE SCHOOL CULTURE
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https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v0i0.798Keywords:
extroversion, school culture, teachers motivation, in-school trainingAbstract
This paper is a case study focusing on effective interventions in a particular school that aim at changing its culture and qualitative upgrading of the main factors in the educational process. Initially, the diagnostic analysis of the particular school is presented and then the benefits of implementing each of the required interventions are documented.
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