Cautions

Schott et al. (2020) reported a strong Western focus, particularly within the United States.

Nguyen at al. (2019) also noted that only two cross-national teacher leadership studies were undertaken between 2003 and 2017 and suggested there was a need for studies of teacher leadership in non-Western contexts.

There is a need to describe how some views of teacher leadership are dominant and to go beyond the current Western theoretical and empirical base. There is value in sharing cross-cultural understandings of teacher leadership and seeking to explain why context matters.

The table below presents five issues related to teacher leadership along with possible research questions and a list of related factors. The issues are societal context, leadership capacity, group dynamics, political beliefs, and the evidence base supporting teacher leadership.