Examinig the relationship between teachers' leadership styles and teachers' behaviours inside classroom

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between teachers' leadership styles and teachers' behaviours within classroom. Accordingly the level of teachers' leadership styles and teachers' behaviours within classroom was identified, whether personal traits of teachers have a significant effect over teachers' leadership styles and teachers' behaviours within classroom was determined and the relationship between teachers' leadership styles and teachers' behaviours within classroom was confirmed. The population of this relational survey research consists of 1569 teachers who work at primary and secondary schools connected the provincial directorate for national education in Konak central district in İzmir province in 2013-2014 academic year. In this study, stratified sampling method was utilized for sampling, and the research was carried out with 540 participants. The data collected with "Personal Information Form", "Teachers' Leadership Styles Scale" and "Teachers' Behaviours Within Classroom Scale" was analyzed with SPSS 20 software. For data analysis, frequency, percentage, median, Standard deviation, independent samples T-test, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis H test, One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), LSD test and Pearson Correlation Coefficient were used. According to the results obtained from the research it was determined that the grade of teachers' leadership styles are at the autocratic level and the most common leadership style among teachers is autocratic attitude. The teachers' leadership styles were investigated according to the teachers' traits and it was found that while there is statistically a meaningful significance in terms of seniority there isn't a meaningful significance in terms of the traits such as gender, marital status, branch and the grade of the school that teachers work at.It was determined that the grade of teachers' behaviours within classroom is at the general level and the teachers use the student-centered education method mostly. The teachers' behaviours within classroom were investigated according to the teachers' traits and it was found that while there is statistically a meaningful significance in terms of the traits such as gender, seniority, branch and the grade of the school that teachers work at there isn't a meaningful significance in terms of marital status.Finally, the relationship between teachers' leadership styles and teachers' behaviours within classroom was investigated. According to the results it was found a low level, positive and meaningful relation between teachers' leadership styles and teachers' behaviours within classroom. Key Words: Leadership, Leadership Styles, Teachers' Behaviours Within Classroom.