The following conclusions were drawn from the research findings and they were
discussed by comparing the conclusions of the researches in the field.
1. Participants usually had high expectations and perceptions on teacher leadership
roles (a. institutional, b. professional, c. collaboration). However, their level of
expectations was higher than their level of perceptions. Katzenmeyer and Moller (2001)
emphasized that if school leaders believe and give more importance to teacher
leadership, teachers can be awakened to show more teacher leadership roles.
Conclusions of various researches show both some similarities to and differences from
this study’s conclusions. Grant, Gardner, Kajee, Moodley and Somaroo’s (2010)
research’s conclusion is paralel to this research’s. Their conclusion is that teachers’
level of expectations is higher than their level of perceptions on teacher leadership.
Chirume’s (2008), Akert’s (2009) and Boyd’s (2011) research conclusions showed that
the administrators’ level of perceptions on teacher leadership is higher than the level of
their expectations. Muijs and Haris (2006) claimed that a high level of institutional
development promotes teacher leadership roles of teachers and administrators. Teacher
leadership in professional dimension can be developed if teachers involve in teacher
development activities and programmes. They added that collaboration brings
professional development, and professional development brings institutional
development. According to Kenyon (2008), Katzenmeyer and Moller (2001) teachers’
professional development is found as an important value. Teachers demanded that they
should be provided with formal opportunities for professional development to perform
more teacher leadership roles.
2. The following conclusions have been gained from primary schools teachers’ and
administrators’ expectations and perceptions on teachers’ leadership roles in terms of
the individual variables of: type of position, gender, branch, and school graduated, and
experience.
a. Participants’ expectations and perceptions on teacher leadership roles according to
the variable of position except for collaboration, in institutional development and
professional development dimensions differed against teachers and in favor of
administrators. Teachers were seen to have lower expectations and perceptions. Angelle
and DeHart (2011) found that the administrators’ have stronger viewpoints on teacher
leadership than teachers’. Bartfield’s (2011) research conclusion is that the level of