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Sharing is caring : factors influencing knowledge sharing from PLC participants to other teachers in secondary education
Brinkman, M.G. (2022) Sharing is caring : factors influencing knowledge sharing from PLC participants to other teachers in secondary education.
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| Abstract: | There is great potential for Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) to influence educational improvement. However, this requires knowledge sharing and sharing knowledge with other teachers is a complex process that is not easy. This study explores which factors influence knowledge sharing from PLC participants towards the rest of the teaching staff within a secondary school in the Netherlands. Six PLC participants and six non-PLC participants were interviewed, and five school policy documents were analysed. The results show five distinguished categories of knowledge sharing factors, with a total of 22 enabling and/or hindering factors that influence PLC knowledge sharing. The five categories are: the context in which the knowledge is shared, characteristics of the knowledge source, characteristics of the content, characteristics of the knowledge receiver, and the organisational context. Amongst other conclusions, it was found that leadership plays an important role on multiple levels in the school, and that the relatively new concept of working hybrid influences knowledge sharing as well. The article concludes with discussing limitations and providing suggestions for follow-up research. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 81 education, teaching |
| Programme: | Educational Science and Technology MSc (60023) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/89829 |
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