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Reflection on KM Implementation in Education Sector

Dr. Chu Kai Wing Alex

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Outline

School Profile Why KM in School? How Knowledge Leadership

makes an impact? What KM strategies have been

used? Information-Based Approach People/Interaction-Based

Approach How does KM help

organizational learning in our school?

School Information

Established in 1970. 1970 Origins traced back to 1911 in Guangzhou.

1911 Co-educational aided school. EMI school with Band I students Good academic performance and positive school ethos,

popular among parents S.1 S.6, 27 classes, 27 899 students, 65 teachers, 25 non-teaching staff

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Knowledge SchoolLearning Organization

Academic Excellence

Help Students Build Dream

Championship in World Robot Olympiad 2014 (Sochi in Russia) 2014

Life Education Experience

Data, Information and Knowledge

(Data)

(Information) Data in Context

(Knowledge) Information with Action

Attendance Record

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Why KM in School?

Why KM in School?cing challenges brought by education reforms

M is effective in leveraging organizational knowledge improve organizational effectiveness.hools can collect, disseminate, and share owledge in the school context (Petrides & Nodine, 03).hools can foster the sharing of innovative

actice, avoiding duplication and discouraging the ss of valuable knowledge (Thambi and O Toole, 12, 91).achers are Knowledge Workers with great amount tacit knowledge.

Teaching with much ambiguous and complex properties and comprising a wide range of skills, such as judgment, appropriate action and the capacity to reflect and revise decisions on the basis of observations and insight

Lost Knowledgeost knowledge" is defined as... . the decreased capacity for effective action or

ecision making in a specific function, team, or le." s NOT the same as failing to share knowledge th other parts of the organization. orkforce changes [Retirements, mid-career rnover, re-organizations, etc.] lead to knowledge ss which leads to decreased innovation and duced efficiency/increased costs and reduced

apacity for growth. o you know where your critical knowledge is at is at risk within your organization?ght keys to more effective knowledge transfertp://www.ericmackonline.com/ica/blogs/emonline.

Managing Knowledge

Knowledge Management is the ystematic, explicit, and deliberate uilding, renewal, and application of nowledge and other intellectual capital ssets to maximize the enterprises nowledge related effectiveness returns

What Knowledge We NeedWhat are the Critical Knowledges? Subject Content Knowledge Pedagogical Content Knowledge

(Shulman, 1986) Knowledge of Understanding Students Knowledge of Helping Students Knowledge of School Administration Knowledge of Customer Service Knowledge of Public Relations/School

PromotionWhat are the Specific Critical Knowledges? How to get 5/5*/5** in HKDSE? How to formulate strategies for JUPAS?

How to handle students for their

How to Manage KnowledgeKnowledge Storage/ RetentionKnowledge Classification and TaxonomyKnowledge SharingKnowledge TransferKnowledge RetrievalKnowledge RecreationHow knowledge can be transferred among teachers and to students?How knowledge can be

KM Strategies

Which Strategies should come first?

Which Strategy is the most important?

How to balance?

ormation Based

Heep WohNet (HWN)

Digital Archive

(DA)

People/Interaction Based

Lesson Study (LS)

Community of Practice

(CoP)

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Information Based Approach

Academic Analysis module Academic Analysis Mark Checking

Behavioral record module Homework submission Lateness record analysis Uniform tidiness record analysis

School PortalHeep Woh Net

Produce PDF report

Generate PDF report

School PortalHeep Woh Net

Figure 5: Behavioural Record Module of Heep Woh Net

shboard to class teachers Homework submission module

Assessment as part of instruction

ENTS KNOW THEY

W AND CAN EACHERS ST UCTION TO ALL ENTS ON

t and e students

ng evidence gh different s

Evaluation of Teacher Performance

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How to store information and Knowledge to facilitate sharing

And retrieval ?

Unified taxonomy across committees and departments

customization for committees and departments

Digital ArchiveVersion Control

/

()()

Information vs Knowledge

What we share is information or knowledge?How can we transform information to knowledge?What difficulties in Information Based Approach?What are the critical success factor?

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People or Interaction Based Approach

Learning Community, Lesson Study

Aims to improve the quality of teaching and learning

A group of teachers set goals, develop a lesson plan, deliver and observe the lesson, and debrief,

enables teachers to discuss, observe, reflect on and improve their practice over time.

Figure 3: Lesson Study Cycle (Source:http://professionallyspeaking.oct.ca/march_2010/features/lesson_study/)

SECI Knowledge Creation as the self-transcending process

Sharing Culture in teaching and learning

e-lesson meeting Teaching and lesson observation

Post-lesson meeting

ng materials

Internalization

ernalization Explicit Knowledge

Tacit Knowledge

Combination

Socialization

ExplicittoExplicit:Studylessonplanstocreatenewpedagogicalcontentknowledgeforteaching

ExplicittoTacit:Digestnewknowledge,internalizeandapplyforteaching

TacittoTacit:Shareviewsandcommentsviaobservationandevaluation

ttoExplicit:estfeedback,keadjustmentononplan&ressviateaching

Learning Community,Community of Practice

Continuous school based professional development

Break through the barriers of organization

Enhancing culture of sharing and collaboration

1-12 CoPs in 2012-13 CoPs in 2013-14 CoPs in 2014-15

udents in ation

iPad on-site School Handling cases of students with Autism in classroom

IT training workshop

Pad g

New Teachers Sharing

Quietness Reaches Afar

Experience sharing in learning and teaching with new teachers

n Teachers Phonation Workshop

Crisis management Google for Education

Class Positive BehaviourWorkshop

Use of the New MC Scanner

Open Classroom (2014-2015)

How to face Homosexual issues?

Experience sharing in learning and teaching with new teachers

Multi-media Editors

IT in teaching The use of multi-media in teaching

Making Leather Octopus Card Holder (Session 1)

Formative Voice Protection Handling Student cases

Knowledge Really Shared ?

Have we shared knowledge?What we share is information or knowledge in Lesson Study or CoPs?How can we transform information to knowledge?What difficulties in People Interaction Based Approach?

From Knowledge Sharing to Knowledge Transfer

Chinese Writing Marking Rubrics to analyze students performance in different areas

Develop similar Marking Rubrics for Integrated Skills Paper to analyze students performance in different areas

Revise the existing Marking Rubrics for Integrated Skills Paper to analyze students performance with more details

Knowledge Leadershipnowledge Vision Builder recognize KM importance, making sense of context Identify knowledge gap clear KM direction and strategiesnowledge Enabler Builder thoughtful allocation of the school

resources providing conditions for KM (physical,

virtual and mental) building a network for members fostering and shaping learning for

staff enhancing SECI processesnowledge Role Model

How Knowledge Leadership can play a role in KM Implementation?

How Principal Leadership impact

Sebastian & Allensworth (2012) cite Bryk, Sebring, Allensworth, Luppescu, and Easton (2010)s the four school processes impacted by principals leadership

The impact of leadership on the KM implementation and organizational learning

Have KM made Impact?oviding Data and information to achers for feedbackulture of Sharing and Collaboration tablishedachers tacit knowledge sharedachers knowledge built up to come Intellectual Capitaldividual Knowledge to Organizational owledgehanced sense of ownership and longing

Thank You!