This study conducted the qualitative meta-analysis of the researches which focusing on the
development of the teachers' professionalism to identify and discover how the attributes of the
teacher learning community is being presented.
As the result, the teacher learning community presents ‘spontaneity’, ‘horizontal interaction’,
‘sharing a lesson or ideas’, ‘reflection through sharing’, ‘collaborative design of teaching’,
‘cooperation’, ‘expert's advice’, ‘sustainable research’, ‘making use of results’, and ‘the supportive
environment’ as its attributes.
Based on these findings, the following issues related to the attributes of the teacher learning
community were discussed. First, the core attribute of the teacher learning community is
‘cooperation’, which can be discussed in a sense of ‘directions’, ‘aspects’ and ‘depths’. Also,
‘cooperation’ and the attributes like ‘expert's advice’, ‘productive activity’, and ‘supportive
environment’ have effects on each other. Second, the attributes of the teacher learning
community have a circular relationship. It shows the teachers' cooperation process in the
teacher learning community. Third, the attributes of teacher learning community have the different aspects according to the environment. The out of the school teachers learning
community can be easily formed and managed, but it might be difficult to share the unique
situation of the schools among the participants. On the other hand, the inside of the school
teachers learning community does not have the disadvantages mentioned above. However, the
participants might not have the opportunity to share their experiences since they still have to do
all their duties such as the administrative tasks, the class preparations and the students
consulting.