Knowledge management strategies for sustaining lesson study

Chi Keung Eric CHENG

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Abstract

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is explore the relative effectiveness of people-based and information technology-based knowledge management (KM) strategies as implemented by principals in Hong Kong schools to facilitate and sustain Lesson Study for teachers’ knowledge sharing and internalization.
Design/methodology/approach - Data from 184 principals in Hong Kong were collected by a cross-sectional quantitative survey. Confirmatory factor analysis and reliability tests have been used to examine the constructed validity and reliability of the instrument. A structural equation model was applied to confirm the predictive effect of people-based and information technology-based KM strategies on teachers’ knowledge sharing and internalization through Lesson Study.
Findings - Results show that people-based KM strategy predicts knowledge sharing and internalization by and among teachers. However, while information technology-based knowledge management strategies predict teachers’ knowledge sharing, they do not predict how effectively they internalize knowledge.
Practical implications - Cultivating communities of practice, professional learning communities and mentoring schemes in schools can nurture a knowledge-sharing culture to facilitate and sustain Lesson Study for teacher learning. Institutionalizing an information technology system can help teachers to retrieve, share and store the school’s explicit knowledge.
Originality/value - The paper not only suggests school management strategies and practices for school leaders to facilitate and sustain Lesson Study, but also brings a new research dimension, KM, to the research area. Copyright © 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)167-178
JournalInternational Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies
Volume9
Issue number2
Early online date03 Dec 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

Citation

Cheng, E. C. K. (2020). Knowledge management strategies for sustaining lesson study. International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies, 9(2), 167-178. doi: 10.1108/IJLLS-10-2019-0070

Keywords

  • Hong Kong
  • Knowledge management
  • Lesson study
  • Teacher learning

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