Knowledge Strategies for Enhancing School Learning Capacity

Autor/in	Cheng, Eric
Titel	Knowledge Strategies for Enhancing School Learning Capacity
Quelle	In: International Journal of Educational Management, 26 (2012) 6, S.577-592 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-354X
DOI	10.1108/09513541211251406
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Secondary Schools; Knowledge Management; Teacher Surveys; Secondary School Teachers; Communities of Practice; Organizational Culture; Learning; Sustainable Development; Factor Structure; Structural Equation Models; Factor Analysis; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sekundarschule; Wissensmanagement; Community; Unternehmenskultur; Lernen; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Faktorenstruktur; Faktorenanalyse; Hongkong
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify the knowledge strategies applied in aided secondary schools in Hong Kong and to explore the predictive relationship between knowledge strategies and school learning capacity. Design/methodology/approach: A cross-sectional quantitative survey was designed to collect data from 427 teachers at 15 aided secondary schools in Hong Kong. Exploratory factor analysis and a structural equation model were applied to explore the factor structure of the latent variables and their relationships. Findings: The results showed that the schools use interpersonal interactive knowledge sharing as their major knowledge strategy. Knowledge retrieval, utilisation and sharing were identified as the predictive factors for individual learning capacity and organisation learning capacity. Practical implications: School administrators could consider the knowledge strategy of cultivating a community of practices in school organisation to develop teacher teaching competency and to enhance school learning capacity for sustainable development. Originality/value: The paper connects research on knowledge management and organisational learning in a school context and explores a knowledge strategy that could be applied effectively in education organisation. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10