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ESD implementation at the school organisation level, part 2 – investigating the transformative perspective in school leaders’ quality strategies at ESD schools

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Pages 993-1014 | Received 08 Oct 2015, Accepted 17 Jul 2016, Published online: 26 Sep 2016

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