Exploring Teacher Leadership Across Cultures: Introduction to Teacher Leadership

Year 2021, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 1 - 15, 30.03.2021

Charles F. Webber , Janet Mola Okoko

https://doi.org/10.30828/real/2021.1.1

Cited By: 2

Abstract

This editorial situates the special issue in the context of some of
the dominant understandings of teacher leadership that appear
in literature that spans several decades and includes
comprehensive literature reviews. Then the origins of the
International Study of Teacher Leadership are outlined and the
process of forming a large international research team,
developing research questions, and creating a study design is
explained. This is followed by an overview of the articles in the
special issue that present the findings from the first two stages
of the International Study of Teacher Leadership, plus a report
about teacher leadership in southeastern Mexico. The editorial
concludes with a caution about the potential inappropriate use
of the concept of teacher leadership across different contexts.

Keywords

Teacher leadership, Cross-cultural research, Context